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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1131 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



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WILKES NC-

1131 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR

WILKES COUNTY...



AT 1125 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT     

FLOODING CONTINUES FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED BY FLOODING ACROSS 

SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY...AND A FEW ROADS WERE WASHED OUT. THE HEAVY 

RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE 

INTO THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THERE IS A THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY SHOWERS. IF THEY OCCUR...CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS SOUTHERN 

WILKES COUNTY WOULD SEE ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILKESBORO

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

WILKESBORO...CRICKET...CLINGMAN...BENHAM...WILKES COUNTY AIRPORT... 

WINDY GAP...AND FAIRPLAINS



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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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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