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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

250 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



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

730 AM EST...



  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



AT 250 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED ACROSS WATAUGA COUNTY. RAINFALL GAGES AT

BLACKBURN KNOB AND SEVEN DEVILS REPORTED 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN 

DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS AND 3.0 TO 3.50 INCHES OF RAIN DURING

THE PAST 12 HOURS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DAWN.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN 

SEVEN DEVILS AREA AND THE BOONE AREA.  



WATCH FOR RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ESPECIALLY 

KRAUT CREEK...WATAUGA RIVER AND SOUTH...EAST AND MIDDLE FORKS OF

NEW RIVER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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