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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

841 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT TUESDAY.



* AT 837 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING CONTINUES FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS 

  ROADS REMAIN CLOSED BY FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY. 

  EVACUATIONS WERE ALSO TAKING PLACE IN THE GERMANTOWN ROAD AREA 

  NEAR MORAVIAN CREEK.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILKESBORO

  RESERVOIR...WINDY GAP...WILKESBORO...RONDA...ROARING RIVER...NORTH

  WILKESBORO...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 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1100 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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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