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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1145 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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ASHE NC-

1145 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR ASHE

COUNTY...



AT 1130 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SOME 

LOW WATER BRIDGE CROSSINGS IN ASHE COUNTY WERE STILL UNDER WATER.  



EVEN THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...HIGH 

WATER DANGERS WILL CONTINUE IN AND NEAR STREAMS AND AND LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS UNTIL RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

HEAVY RAINS ABATES.   



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT

JEFFERSON...WEST JEFFERSON...WAGONER...TROUT...SHATLEY SPRINGS...

LANSING...JEFFERSON...FLATWOOD...CLIFTON AND ASHLAND



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3659 8167 3659 8160 3640 8128 3636 8131

      3636 8134 3634 8137 3631 8135 3628 8138

      3628 8140 3627 8141 3626 8144 3640 8173



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