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WGUS71 KRNK 310250

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

950 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



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

950 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EST 

THURSDAY FOR

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

CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WATAUGA COUNTY...



AT 945 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS ACROSS THE 

AREA REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO STREAMS WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

HOWEVER...SOME STREAMS ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO RECEDE. THE WATAUGA 

RIVER AT FOSCOE IS ALSO BEGINNING TO RECEDE...BUT THE RIVER AT SUGAR 

GROVE IS NEAR MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. TRAVEL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

REMAINS DANGEROUS.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA MAY ALSO CAUSE MUD SLIDES 

NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF 

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



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE 

USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS 

POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



&&



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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