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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

837 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



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WILKES NC-

837 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN WILKES COUNTY...



AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT SHOWERS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 

THIS AFTERNOON STORMS STILL CREATING FLASH FLOOD 

PROBLEMS...THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE THE WARNING UNTIL 1115 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILLERS CREEK

AND MAPLE SPRINGS...PARTICULARLY THE PRONG LEWIS FORK AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 3628 8137 3619 8123 3608 8132 3617 8146



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