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FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1249 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
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ALLEGHANY NC NC-ASHE NC-WILKES NC-
1249 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY NC, SOUTHEASTERN ASHE AND CENTRAL
WILKES COUNTIES...
AT 1249 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED
THE WARNED AREA, LEAVING ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN.
HOWEVER, BETWEEN 3 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING
OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME NEAR WILKESBORO. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN
CONTINUES TO COLLECT IN LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAM, WITH SOME OF THEM
HAVING BEEN REPORTED TO BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH WILKESBORO... WILKESBORO...
RONDA... MC GRADY...
WILBAR... TRAPHILL...
LAUREL SPRINGS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CANE CREEK, EAST PRONG ROARING RIVER, BEE TREE BRANCH, DARNELL
CREEK, BIG BUGABOO CREEK, CLEAR BRANCH, CHURCH BRANCH, CUB CREEK,
CAMP BRANCH, BIG SANDY CREEK, COVE CREEK AND BASIN CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 X.
LAT...LON 3647 8109 3622 8092 3609 8131 3623 8139
3640 8133
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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