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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

501 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND

INDEPENDENT CITIES...WILKES...



UNTIL 645 PM EDT.



AT 500 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL WAS 

TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE 

FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...RESULTING IN A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING. SOME URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WILKESBORO AT 420 

PM...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS STILL EXPECTED IN EXTREME 

SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND TWO AND A 

HALF INCHES SINCE 2 PM HAVE OCCURRED.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE

WEATHER INFORMATION.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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