NWS Flash Flood Watch (Watauga County)

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Flash Flood Watch issued May 18 at 3:21PM EDT until May 19 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AS SUBTLE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCALLY. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE AND WATAUGA. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... GRAYSON AND SMYTH. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA HAD AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE FRIDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL...DUE TO STRONG SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY AND EARLIER TODAY. * HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND ANY FLOOD PRONE LOW-LYING AREAS.

Counties Affected:
Alleghany; Ashe; Watauga

Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)
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