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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1257 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
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ASHE NC-WATAUGA NC-
1257 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ASHE AND WATAUGA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING ALONG THE NEW RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AND
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING, THIS
INCLUDES HIGHWAY 88 NEAR CLIFTON. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1256 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CALL CREEK, CUT LAUREL CREEK, BIG HORSE CREEK, BEAVERDAM
CREEK, BIG LAUREL CREEK, COVE CREEK, BRUSHY FORK AND BEAVER
CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOONE, JEFFERSON, WEST JEFFERSON, LANSING, TODD, ASHLAND 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3647 8170 3654 8171 3659 8168 3657 8135
3648 8132 3645 8127 3638 8124 3636 8126
3637 8136 3628 8137 3629 8141 3626 8146
3619 8147 3612 8155 3612 8163 3625 8176
3630 8191 3636 8179 3634 8171 3641 8174
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