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WGUS81 KRNK 082038
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
438 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
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WILKES NC-
438 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WILKES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. WATER OVER
ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 438 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FISH DAM CREEK, BIG WARRIOR CREEK, BUSSELS CREEK, BEAVER
CREEK, ELK CREEK, DUGGER CREEK, CUB CREEK AND HUNTING CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH WILKESBORO... WILKESBORO...
BOOMER... WILKESBORO RESERVOIR...
BUCK... MORAVIAN FALLS...
MILLERS CREEK...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3611 8102 3605 8101 3603 8107 3604 8114
3603 8117 3604 8120 3603 8126 3600 8133
3604 8137 3604 8140 3605 8139 3607 8141
3607 8144 3609 8146 3610 8152 3612 8154
3614 8150 3617 8148 3618 8123 3617 8110
EB
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