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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

817 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY UNTIL

915 PM EDT...



  NORTHEASTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHEAST 

STOKES COUNTY IN THE SANDY RIDGE AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 3 TO 

4 INCHES IN THE PAST 4 HOURS OVER MUCH OF THE CROOKED CREEK 

BASIN...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE SNOW CREEK BASIN. THIS RAINFALL 

IS LIKELY CAUSING CROOKED CREEK AND PARTS OF SNOW CREEK TO FLOOD.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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.



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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