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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

518 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2003



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

745 PM EDT...



  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAS CAUSED SOME SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING OF COVE CREEK ALONG NORTH FORK ROAD IN ZIONVILLE IN THE 

NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.  AT LEAST TWO BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASH 

AWAY AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME EROSION ON PORTIONS OF THE ROAD.  IF 

YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE PART OF THE COUNTY THIS 

EVENING...PLEASE CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



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.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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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