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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

715 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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

715 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 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



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. THREE TOP CREEK NEAR CRESTON WILL RECEIVE THE MOST 

RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR...AND STATE ROUTE 1100 MAY BE AT RISK. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST WILL TRAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE 

EXTENDED.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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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