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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
458 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE HAS ENDED...
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST THIS EVENING
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WATAUGA NC-
458 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING
...FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WATAUGA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WATAUGA COUNTY, INCLUDING SUGAR GROVE AND
ROMINGER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RIVER AND STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 452 PM EST, AT 500 PM EST, THE RIVER GAUGE READING ON THE
WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE WAS 6.4 FT AND FALLING
RAPIDLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS
WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RECEDE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS INCLUDE:
LAUREL CREEK, BRUSHY FORK, COVE CREEK, GEORGE GAP BRANCH AND
WATAUGA RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUGAR GROVE... ROMINGER...
- FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING URL:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS: STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER
BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 3621 8182 3625 8187 3627 8178 3624 8178
3623 8178
RAB
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