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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

541 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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WILKES NC-

541 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2.0 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

PARTS OF SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY. HOWEVER...AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE WILKES COUNTY BORDER. 

THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTHEAST...AND MAY BRING ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 700 PM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILKESBORO

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

WILKESBORO...MORAVIAN FALLS...CRICKET...CLINGMAN...BUCK...WILKES

COUNTY AIRPORT...MILLERS CREEK...MAPLE SPRINGS AND FAIRPLAINS



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST

VIRGINIA.



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LAT...LON 3605 8140 3620 8139 3624 8088 3606 8088

      3601 8121 3602 8125 3601 8126 3600 8132



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