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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
448 PM EDT Sat May 18 2024

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 448 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
  3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of
  1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  North Wilkesboro...                Wilkesboro...
  Wilbar...                          Millers Creek...
  Buck...                            Cricket...
  Fairplains...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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 3620 8139 3626 8144 3628 8142 3629 8141
      3628 8137 3632 8136 3633 8135 3627 8127
      3619 8108 3614 8100 3610 8098 3608 8105
      3610 8120

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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