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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

547 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



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

730 AM EDT...



  STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



AT 546 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SLOWLY EXITING STOKES COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN KING 

AND DANBURY SINCE 3:00 AM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

GOFF CREEK IN KING...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF DITCHES AND 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING 

THE BRIDGE ALONG GOFF ROAD AROUND 5:15 AM. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL 

DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA PRIOR TO SUNRISE...ALTHOUGH RUNOFF WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO.



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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JH

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