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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
834 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
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ASHE NC-WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-
834 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS 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. SEVERAL STREAMS AND RIVERS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAIN, INCLUDING THE WATAUGA
RIVER NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF BANNER ELK AND FOSCOE, WHERE MULTIPLE
SIDE ROADS CROSSING THE RIVER MAY REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH 11 AM.
THESE INCLUDE SLEEPY HOLLOW LANE, CLUBHOUSE DRIVE, AND ALDRIDGE
ROAD. NEAR THE TOWN OF BOONE, PORTIONS OF DEERFIELD ROAD AND BAMBOO
ROAD ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE. OTHER LOW-WATER CROSSINGS WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA ALSO REMAIN INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 826 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER, BETWEEN 4.5
AND 7.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY MORNING, AND
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL SINCE 6 AM CONTINUES TO COLLECT
IN AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.
- 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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