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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

108 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.



* AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE   

  WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN NEAR AND JUST EAST OF 

  DOUGHTON PARK.



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

  MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...ROARING GAP AND DOUGHTON PARK. FLOODING IS 

  POSSIBLE ALONG THE BASIN CREEK. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3634 8124 3638 8124 3639 8125 3643 8126

      3647 8115 3645 8097 3641 8095 3640 8095

      3636 8092



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