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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

845 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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WILKES NC-

845 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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

SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY...



AT 844 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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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