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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

435 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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WILKES NC-ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-

435 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN SMYTH...SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON...ASHE...WESTERN ALLEGHANY AND

NORTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTIES...



AT 433 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG A CREEK IN 

THE GREEN VALLEY AREA OF ASHE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT ROGERS

SUMMIT...GRAYSON HIGHLANDS STATE PARK...THOMAS BRIDGE...CHILHOWIE...

WHITETOP...VOLNEY...TROUTDALE...RUGBY AND MOUTH OF WILSON



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.



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LAT...LON 3648 8171 3653 8171 3660 8168 3663 8161

      3664 8163 3677 8169 3681 8173 3683 8169

      3655 8112 3622 8136 3640 8173 3642 8174



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