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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

607 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



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ASHE NC-GRAYSON VA-

607 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON AND NORTHERN ASHE COUNTIES...



AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. 

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES ON THE ORDER OF 2 

TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE SAME REGION IMPACTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

AROUND 500 PM EDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUGBY AND

GRASSY CREEK



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



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LAT...LON 3663 8149 3661 8136 3654 8136 3655 8151



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