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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

320 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WATAUGA COUNTY UNTIL 540 PM 

EDT.... 



AT 320 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE MOVE 

ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS...MAINLY SOUTHERN WATAUGA COUNTY.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS IN THE FOSCOE 

AREA...AND NEAR 2 INCHES AROUND BOONE AND BLOWING ROCK. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA 

THROUGH AT LEAST 500 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE 

EXPECTED. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING... 

STANDING WATER IN PARKING LOTS IN BOONE...AND SMALL CREEKS OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS IN THE FOSCOE AREA. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THIS 

AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE CREEKS SUCH AS BOONE FORK...WALKER 

CREEK...LAUREL FORK AND KRAUT CREEK TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MORE 

SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING IN THE BOONE AREA IS ALSO LIKELY. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>>EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES.



<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. 



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JJ

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