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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

442 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



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WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC-

442 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR ASHE

AND WATAUGA COUNTIES...



AT 432 PM EDT...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THE WARNED AREA INDICATE 

UP TO A HALF-INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE BIG LAUREL AND MILL 

CREEK BASINS IN NORTHWEST ASHE COUNTY. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 

BUT THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLENDALE 

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

SPRINGS...OTHELLO...NELLA...LANSING...JEFFERSON...FLATWOOD...CLIFTON 

AND ASHLAND



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST

VIRGINIA.



&&



LAT...LON 3634 8182 3634 8172 3636 8175 3641 8175

      3650 8171 3659 8165 3654 8135 3640 8126

      3636 8135 3634 8136 3626 8147 3611 8154

      3610 8180 3625 8188



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