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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

520 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 520 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS WATAUGA COUNTY. RAINFALL GAGES INDICATED

THAT 1.0 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS.

DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS...CLOSE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN

IN BLACKBURN KNOB AND SEVEN DEVILS. 



USGS GAGES NEAR SUGAR GROVE INDICATED THAT THE WATAUGA RIVER IS OUT OF 

ITS BANKS.   



ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

UP TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN SUGAR GROVE...BOONE AND SEVEN DEVILS AREAS.



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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