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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
719 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
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ALLEGHANY NC NC-ASHE NC-WATAUGA NC-
719 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ALLEGHANY NC, ASHE AND WATAUGA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 PM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 714 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON, WEST JEFFERSON, GLENDALE SPRINGS, LAUREL SPRINGS,
TODD, OTHELLO AND WAGONER.
- ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE NEW RIVER AT BROWNWOOD, THE STAGE
WAS 12.2 FEET AND SLOWLY RISING. AT JEFFERSON THE STAGE WAS
7.3 FEET AND WAS CRESTING. THE RIVER WILL CREST AND BEGIN
FALLING BY LATE MORNING.
- 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 3628 8166 3636 8152 3648 8137 3657 8135
3657 8134 3641 8118 3638 8127 3637 8138
3631 8138 3625 8151 3621 8160
AMS
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