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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

450 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



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

EDT.... 



AT 450 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS IN WATAUGA COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 2 

1/2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS IN THE COUNTY. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS 

AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 PM. 

CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL KEEP CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS THROUGH 530 PM.



<<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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RMG

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