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WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
WILKESBORO...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY
519 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

.NOW...
AN AREA OF HEAVIER SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO BOONE BY 6 PM AND INTO GRAYSON COUNTY BY 7 PM. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE HEAVIER SHOWERS.

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SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...

.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.

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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.

* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.

* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.

* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.


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