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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
722 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2025
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WATAUGA NC-
722 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WATAUGA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 415 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING ALONG THE WATAUGA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IS
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH
WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE, ESPECIALLY SHULLS MILL ROAD NEAR
FOSCOE, AND DEWITT BARNETT ROAD AND WATAUGA RIVER ROAD NEAR SUGAR
GROVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 719 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. MORE
RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH 1 TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES POSSIBLE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LAUREL CREEK, LAUREL FORK, BEECH CREEK, VALLEY CREEK, GRASSY
GAP CREEK, SPICE BOTTOM CREEK, DUTCH CREEK, WATAUGA RIVER,
BRUSHY FORK, GEORGE GAP BRANCH, BEAVERDAM CREEK, POND CREEK,
COVE CREEK AND CRABORCHARD CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLOWING ROCK, BEECH MOUNTAIN, FOSCOE, SEVEN DEVILS, VALLE
CRUCIS, ROMINGER AND MOSES CONE MEMORIAL PARK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3612 8170 3611 8179 3612 8181 3617 8183
3617 8184 3619 8186 3619 8187 3624 8190
3625 8190 3626 8189 3627 8190 3628 8190
3628 8191 3630 8189 3624 8176 3613 8164
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