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WGUS81 KRNK 291814
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
114 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
NCC009-292030-
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ASHE NC-
114 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, ASHE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 330 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. RIVER OR STREAM
FLOWS ARE ELEVATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 114 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. MINOR
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BEAVER CREEK, CUT LAUREL CREEK, HELTON CREEK, HOSKIN FORK,
DARNELL CREEK, BIG HORSE CREEK, CALL CREEK, GRASSY CREEK, BIG
LAUREL CREEK AND DOG CREEK.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON... WEST JEFFERSON...
LANSING... ASHLAND...
GLENDALE SPRINGS... LAUREL SPRINGS...
MOUNT JEFFERSON...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3655 8135 3648 8132 3645 8127 3641 8127
3638 8124 3636 8126 3637 8132 3637 8136
3628 8137 3629 8141 3628 8142 3624 8148
3627 8157 3635 8164 3640 8174 3641 8174
3647 8170 3654 8171 3659 8168 3657 8135
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