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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
747 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
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ASHE NC-WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-
747 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE
DUE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN THAT IS PASSING ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA AS OF 745 AM. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND
MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 743 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS PASSING ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING DUE TO BETWEEN 4.5 AND 7.5
INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY MORNING. CREEKS AND
RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNTIL ABOUT 9 AM, AND WILL BEGIN
FALLING AGAIN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FLAT BRANCH, DUGGER CREEK, LEFT PRONG STONY FORK, GRASSY CREEK,
LAUREL FORK, MILL CREEK, MEAT CAMP CREEK, ELK CREEK, DUTCH CREEK,
NORRIS FORK, FALL CREEK, BRUSHY FORK AND LITTLE DUGGER CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOONE, BLOWING ROCK, DEEP GAP, TODD, FOSCOE, SEVEN DEVILS AND
AHO.
- FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
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 X.
LAT...LON 3616 8183 3620 8178 3622 8178 3622 8177
3625 8176 3630 8169 3632 8168 3633 8161
3629 8150 3625 8146 3623 8146 3617 8140
3608 8140 3607 8141 3607 8144 3609 8146
3610 8152 3612 8155 3612 8167 3611 8181
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