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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

702 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EST



* AT 700 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF 

  BOONE. KRAUT CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS. IN ADDITION...THE USGS 

  STREAM GAGE ON THE WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE IS RISING VERY 

  RAPIDLY...AND WAS INDICATING A STAGE OF 13 FEET...WHICH IS AT LEAST

  6 FEET ABOVE BANKFULL. SERIOUS FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THE 

  WATAUGA RIVER. FLOODING WILL LIKELY BECOME WORSE IN THE BOONE AREA

  AND ALONG THE SOUTH...MIDDLE AND EAST FORKS OF THE NEW RIVER.



* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1100 AM EST INCLUDE

  SUGAR GROVE...

  BOONE...

  VALLE CRUCIS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3636 8169 3616 8153 3613 8180 3628 8188



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