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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

437 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWEST WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING OVER NORTHWEST WILKES COUNTY. 

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 

  3:00 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE

  NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE

  NORTH FORK OF THE REDDIES RIVER AND DARNELL CREEK. STATE ROADS 1501

  AND 1567 ARE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE SOME FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 730 PM EDT INCLUDE

  VANNOY...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3641 8112 3621 8116 3611 8140 3637 8130



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000 

WGUS51 KRNK 082040

FFWRNK

NCC193-082330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

437 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWEST WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING OVER NORTHWEST WILKES COUNTY. 

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 

  3:00 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE

  NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE

  NORTH FORK OF THE REDDIES RIVER AND DARNELL CREEK. STATE ROADS 1501

  AND 1567 ARE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE SOME FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 730 PM EDT INCLUDE

  VANNOY...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3641 8112 3621 8116 3611 8140 3637 8130



$$



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