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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

539 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR ASHE

COUNTY...



AT 539 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH ASHE COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT GREATER THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER 

THE LANSING AND FLATWOOD AREAS...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER MUCH OF 

NORTHWEST ASHE COUNTY. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THESE 

LOCATIONS...AND IS NOW ACROSS CENTRAL ASHE COUNTY FROM ASHLAND... 

EAST THROUGH JEFFERSON...AND INTO THE WAGONER AREA. THESE STORMS 

WERE STILL PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...AND 

WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE ON NORTHERN ASHE COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 6:30 PM. THE 

CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE DRIFTING SOUTH AND WILL BE AFFECTING 

THE TROUT...BALDWIN...GLENDALE SPRINGS AND IDLEWILD AREAS THROUGH 

6:30 PM.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 3 ROADS WASHED OUT IN THE 

LANSING AREA...AND SEVERAL ROADS WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS COVERED. 

THE ROADS WASHED OUT WERE...BEE TREE...BEAR WALLOW...AND ANDERSON 

HILL. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF 

ROADWAYS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW-LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.



TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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 3640 8171 3626 8148 3637 8127

      3657 8137



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