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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
104 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Surry County in northwestern North Carolina...
  Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina...
  Yadkin County in northwestern North Carolina...

* Until 715 PM EST Tuesday.

* At 104 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. The 
  expected rainfall rate is 0.75 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional 
  rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible through 3 pm in the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  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...                Elkin...
  Wilkesboro...                      Fairview...
  Yadkinville...                     Jonesville...
  Dobson...

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Ararat River, Beaverdam Creek, Arnold Branch, Beaver Creek, Big 
  Bugaboo Creek, Basin Creek and Bee Tree Branch.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3643 8109 3637 8103 3637 8098 3640 8096
      3638 8045 3614 8044 3611 8051 3605 8050
      3606 8098 3603 8126 3600 8133 3607 8141
      3612 8155 3619 8147 3626 8146 3629 8141
      3628 8137 3637 8136 3636 8125 3644 8117

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.75-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR

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