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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
553 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009

...SPECIAL RIVER STATEMENT...

...YADKIN RIVER CRESTED BELOW BANKFULL...

HEAVY RAIN IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE YADKIN RIVER OVERNIGHT INTO THE 
MORNING PRODUCED SHARP RISES ON THE RIVER LEVEL ACROSS WILKES AND 
YADKIN COUNTIES. 

AT WILKESBORO...THE RIVER CRESTED AT 9.6 FEET AT 10 AM AND HAS FALLEN
SHARPLY SINCE. FLOOD STAGE AT WILKESBORO IS 14 FEET. 

AT ELKIN...THE RIVER LEVEL CRESTED AT 12.95 FEET AROUND 100 PM AND 
HAS BEGUN A SLOW FALL. FLOOD STAGE AT ELKIN IS 16 FEET. 

LOW AREAS ALONG THE YADKIN RIVER BELOW ELKIN MAY EXPERIENCE SOME
MINOR FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT STAGES WILL CONTINUE
TO FALL UNLESS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. 

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS EVENT.

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