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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

654 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN ASHE

COUNTY...



AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN 

ASHE COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LANSING. ANOTHER 

THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN ASHE COUNTY. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



FLASH FLOODING CAN EXPECTED ALONG THE FOLLOWING CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HELTON CREEK...BIG HORSE CREEK...AND BIG LAUREL CREEK. 



REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG.



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

FOR HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3658 8167 3648 8169 3645 8137 3657 8142



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