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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
203 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
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WATAUGA NC-
203 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WATAUGA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 415 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 202 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOONE, BLOWING ROCK, SUGAR GROVE, FOSCOE, TODD AND DEEP GAP.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3624 8148 3620 8146 3614 8150 3612 8155
3612 8167 3611 8181 3617 8183 3619 8186
3619 8189 3622 8191 3626 8189 3629 8192
3634 8186 3636 8179 3634 8176 3634 8171
3638 8173 3639 8173 3635 8164 3627 8157
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