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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
938 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ASHE, WATAUGA, ALLEGHANY, AND WILKES
COUNTIES...
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Alleghany NC County in northwestern North Carolina...
Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina...
Watauga County in northwestern North Carolina...
Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina...
* Until 430 PM EDT Friday.
* At 938 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
5 and 8 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is
1 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Ashe, Watauga, Alleghany, and
Wilkes Counties. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Boone... North Wilkesboro...
Wilkesboro... Sparta...
Jefferson... West Jefferson...
Blowing Rock...
This includes the following locations...
Appalachian State University.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Beaver Creek, Basin Creek, Beech Creek, Big Horse Creek, Beaverdam
Creek, Bee Tree Branch and Big Bugaboo Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
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.
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LAT...LON 3647 8170 3654 8171 3659 8168 3656 8090
3645 8098 3640 8097 3633 8087 3606 8088
3604 8120 3600 8133 3607 8141 3612 8155
3611 8181 3617 8183 3622 8191 3629 8192
3634 8186 3636 8179 3634 8171 3641 8174
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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