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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1204 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILKESBORO...NORTH WILKESBORO



* UNTIL 300 PM EST



* AT 1159 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CITY OF NORTH             

  WILKESBORO.  REDDIED RIVER IN THE CITY OF NORTH WILKESBORO WAS     

  NEAR FLOOD STAGE AND STILL RISING.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER     

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WILKES COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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.



PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...INCLUDING CREEKS AND STREAMS

OUT OF THEIR BANKS...FLOODED ROADS OR MUDSLIDES TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.2 1 5...4

3 2 4.



LAT...LON 3619 8116 3613 8117 3613 8109 3618 8110



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