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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

440 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



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WILKES NC-

440 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR

WILKES COUNTY...



AT 431 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG BIG WARRIOR CREEK WITH ROUTE 18 FLOODED. ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

WAS ALSO OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WILKESBORO DUE TO 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOOMER...

WILKESBORO RESERVOIR...WINDY GAP...WILKESBORO...RONDA...ROARING

RIVER...NORTH WILKESBORO...MORAVIAN FALLS...MC GRADY...HAYS...HALLS

MILLS...DOCKERY...CRICKET...CLINGMAN...BUCK...BENHAM...WILKES COUNTY

AIRPORT...MULBERRY...MILLERS CREEK AND FAIRPLAINS



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



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LAT...LON 3601 8135 3612 8134 3635 8125 3633 8091

      3613 8087 3605 8088 3605 8100 3601 8108

      3602 8114 3602 8125 3601 8126



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