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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

419 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A



* 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 815 PM EST



* AT 416 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 

  THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR FOSCOE...AND STREAMS ARE 

  RISING RAPIDLY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...AND 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH LATE 

  AFTERNOON.



* 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...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS ON ROADWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND 

DON'T DROWN! STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND NOW.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS NEARBY COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND. 

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN! 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND NOW.



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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