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NCC193-052130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

230 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND        

  CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF    

  RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 1:30 PM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES   

  WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

  OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE PURLEAR AND        

  MILLERS CREEK REGIONS.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 530 PM EDT INCLUDE

  WILKESBORO...



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 REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

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



LAT...LON 3635 8101 3614 8100 3605 8138 3627 8142



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000 

WGUS51 KRNK 051833

FFWRNK

NCC193-052130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

230 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED           

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND        

  CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF    

  RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 1:30 PM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES   

  WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

  OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE PURLEAR AND        

  MILLERS CREEK REGIONS.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 530 PM EDT INCLUDE

  WILKESBORO...



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 REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

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



LAT...LON 3635 8101 3614 8100 3605 8138 3627 8142



$$



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