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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

516 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



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

516 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...



AT 511 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS CONTINUE TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN BOONE AND VALLE CRUCIS...WITH SEVERAL 

ROADS NOW CLOSED. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY BEEN 

REPORTED IN WEST JEFFERSON...AND STREAMS ARE COMING OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS ACROSS ASHE COUNTY. MUD SLIDES AHVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED AROUND 

BOONE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.



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 UP TO AN INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



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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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