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WGUS71 KRNK 302245

FFSRNK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

545 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



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

545 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 540 PM EST...EXTREME FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE FOSCOE 

AREA WITH WATER RESCUES OCCURRING. IN ADDITION...THE WATAUGA RIVER 

AT SUGAR GROVE WAS RISING VERY RAPIDLY TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. OVER 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL ALSO CAUSE MUD SLIDES 

NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF 

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



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WATAUGA RIVER SHOULD CONSIDER 

EVACUATION IMMEDIATELY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY 

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 

AS WELL AS MUDSLIDES.



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.



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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