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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

716 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



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ASHE NC-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA NC-GRAYSON VA-

716 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR 

ASHE...NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY...WATAUGA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST NORTH 

CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WATAUGA COUNTY...



AT 706 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER 6 INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED IN WEST 

JEFFERSON...AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS HAVE LIKELY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

WATAUGA COUNTY.



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. IF YOU LIVE ON A STEEP SLOPE 

OR NEAR THE BASE OF ONE...CONSIDER EVACUATING TO A STURDY SHELTER 

AWAY FROM STEEP TERRAIN AND AWAY FROM STREAMS.



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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA...AND THE WARNING WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED 

INTO THE LATE EVENING. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WATAUGA RIVER SHOULD EVACUATE 

IMMEDIATELY. THE RIVER AT SUGAR GROVE WAS AT 8 FT AND STILL RISING 

RAPDILY. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION.



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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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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