Flood Warning for Ashe, NC; Watauga, NC; Wilkes, NC
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What: Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. Impacts: Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. Where: South Central Ashe County in...
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Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. 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 X.
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* WHAT...Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...South Central Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina... Watauga County in northwestern North Carolina... Southwestern Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina... * WHEN...Until 600 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 1205 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. This includes the following streams and drainages... Watagua River, Laurel Fork, Flat Branch, Norris Fork, Meat Camp Creek, Elk Creek, Left Prong Stony Fork, Dugger Creek, Grassy Creek, Mill Creek, Brushy Fork, Little Dugger Creek, Fall Creek and Dutch Creek. Additional rainfall amounts up to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Boone, Blowing Rock, Deep Gap, Todd, Foscoe, Seven Devils and Aho. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Flood Warning issued October 11 at 12:06AM EDT until October 11 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Blacksburg VA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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