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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
247 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Alleghany NC County in northwestern North Carolina...
  Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina...
  Watauga County in northwestern North Carolina...
  Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 247 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  5 and 10 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already 
  occurring.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Boone...                           North Wilkesboro...
  Wilkesboro...                      Sparta...
  Jefferson...                       West Jefferson...
  Blowing Rock...

This includes the following locations...
	Appalachian State University.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Beech Creek, Beaverdam Creek, Basin Creek, Big Bugaboo Creek, Big 
  Horse Creek, Bee Tree Branch and Beaver Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become 
unstable and unsafe.

When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of flooding, 
including mudslides or flooded roads, 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.

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LAT...LON 3647 8170 3654 8171 3659 8168 3656 8090
      3645 8098 3640 8097 3633 8087 3606 8088
      3604 8120 3600 8133 3607 8141 3612 8155
      3611 8181 3617 8183 3622 8191 3629 8192
      3634 8186 3636 8179 3634 8171 3641 8174

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

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