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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

335 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR SURRY...

STOKES AND YADKIN COUNTIES...



AT 335 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS 

MOVED OUT OF YADKIN AND SURRY COUNTIES...AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF 

STOKES COUNTY AROUND 4:00 AM. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL OF NEARLY 4 

INCHES IN PARTS OF STOKES COUNTY OVERNIGHT...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES 

ACROSS MUCH OF YADKIN AND SURRY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN 

STOKES COUNTY REPORTED CREEKS FLOODING AND SOME EVACUATIONS IN THE 

KING AREA. MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN PILOT IN SURRY 

COUNTY...AND ALSO IN THE YADKINVILLE AND EAST BEND AREAS OF YADKIN 

COUNTY.   



ANOTHER RAIN BAND WAS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THE REGION...AND THIS MAY 

MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 4:00 AND 5:00 AM. IF THIS RAIN 

BAND HOLDS TOGETHER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE 

EXTENDED BEYOND 4:30 AM.



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

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3626 8045 3627 8021 3628 8007 3654 8010

      3654 8046 3653 8088 3623 8085 3607 8088

      3608 8071 3607 8052



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