Flood Advisory issued October 11 at 12:53PM EDT until October 11 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
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* WHAT...Minor 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 400 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Strong flows over low-water crossings will continue through late afternoon, especially those along the Watauga River in western Watauga County. While most rivers continue to recede this afternoon, water remains over a few roadways, including Todd Railroad Grade Road along the South Fork of the New River. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1250 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated rainfall has ended. Minor flooding persists within the advisory area due to between 4.5 and 7.5 inches of rain that fell from Saturday morning through this morning. Area creeks and rivers will continue to recede through the afternoon. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Fall Creek, Norris Fork, Flat Branch, Elk Creek, Mill Creek, Dugger Creek, Little Dugger Creek, Laurel Fork, Dutch Creek, Meat Camp Creek, Brushy Fork, Grassy Creek and Left Prong Stony Fork. - 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 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.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NC, US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Ashe, NC; Watauga, NC; Wilkes, NC
- event
- Flood Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-11T12:53:00-04:00
- states
- ["NC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T12:53:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ce3c2e09d114777cd1b1a17dcbe6768ddf733827.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c766051ca75fe9996ad449550c508bbb09474bf9.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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