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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

736 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

  NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

  WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

  SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 215 AM EST THURSDAY



* AT 728 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN 

  OR MORE HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH IS 

  STILL LIKELY. VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING!



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE CONTINUED 

  SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING...AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT MUD 

  SLIDES NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. A MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF 

  ROCK...MUD... VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. 



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WATAUGA COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  BOONE...DEEP GAP...TODD...LAUREL SPRINGS...JEFFERSON...GLENDALE 

  SPRINGS...INDEPENDENCE...SUGAR GROVE...BEECH MOUNTAIN...MOUTH OF 

  WILSON...ASHLAND...LANSING...SANDS...LOVILL...RUTHERWOOD...

  SILVERSTONE...MEAT CAMP...REESE...STRATFORD...TWIN OAKS...

  SCOTTVILLE...OTHELLO...WAGONER...AHO...WEST JEFFERSON...IDLEWILD...

  BALDWIN...TROUT...FLEETWOOD AND PINEY CREEK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WATAUGA RIVER SHOULD EVACUATE 

IMMEDIATELY.



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

FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND 

QUICKLY.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES. IF YOU ARE NEAR 

STEEP SLOPES OR A MOUNTAINSIDE STREAM OR RIVER...SEEK REFUGE ON 

HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE STREAM IMMEDIATELY. POTENTIAL FLASH 

FLOOD AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS INCLUDE WASHED-OUT ROADS OR BRIDGES...

FALLING ROCKS...MUD...TREES...AND OTHER LARGE DEBRIS. REMAIN ALERT!



WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...

INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS 

AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.



&&



LAT...LON 3628 8190 3635 8183 3636 8179 3634 8176

      3634 8171 3641 8174 3655 8164 3670 8140

      3664 8099 3637 8131 3636 8136 3632 8136

      3624 8148 3623 8147 3612 8160 3617 8182

      3621 8190

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