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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

748 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SOUTH CENTRAL SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT THURSDAY.



* AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING 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...CRESTON...TROUT...BALDWIN...WEST JEFFERSON.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

ASHE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...FROM TROUT TO BALDWIN. THESE LOCATIONS 

WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS. THIS INCLUDES...THREE TOP CREEK...THREE TOP ROAD AND STATE 

ROAD 1100. BEAVER CREEK AND NETTLE KNOB ROAD. ALSO BRUSH 

CREEK...ROCK CREEK AND THE SOUTHERN END OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE NEW 

RIVER NEAR STATE ROAD 1118. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN

COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



LANDSLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES CAN TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR

PATHS.



PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD

CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.



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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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