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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
914 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
NCC189-131515-
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WATAUGA NC-
914 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WATAUGA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 912 AM EDT, THE WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE IS FALLING
BUT IS STILL ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE AND MINOR FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LAUREL CREEK, LAUREL FORK, BEAVERDAM CREEK, CLARK CREEK,
DUTCH CREEK, VALLEY CREEK, POND CREEK, BRUSHY FORK, GRASSY
GAP CREEK, GEORGE GAP BRANCH, WATAUGA RIVER, COVE CREEK,
SPICE BOTTOM CREEK, BEECH CREEK, CRABORCHARD CREEK AND HAYES
BRANCH.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- 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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