Flood Warning issued October 11 at 5:49AM EDT until October 11 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
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* WHAT...Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...South Central Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina... Watauga County in northwestern North Carolina... Southwestern Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina... * WHEN...Until 800 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 547 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated light to moderate rainfall. However, flooding is ongoing in the warned area due to between 4 and locally 7 inches of rain that fell since Saturday morning. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Fall Creek, Norris Fork, Flat Branch, Elk Creek, Mill Creek, Dugger Creek, Little Dugger Creek, Laurel Fork, Dutch Creek, Meat Camp Creek, Brushy Fork, Grassy Creek and Left Prong Stony Fork. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 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. - For flooding safety information, please visit http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood 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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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NC, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Ashe, NC; Watauga, NC; Wilkes, NC
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-11T05:49:00-04:00
- states
- ["NC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T05:49:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3152821cb2f9eca4021960e99e2e5bedc2a66dbb.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4d16dab84edf194246fa39f8d5ae1d8c0fb14b12.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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