NWS Flash Flood Watch (Watauga County)

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Flash Flood Watch issued August 03 at 5:03AM EDT until August 04 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Blacksburg

...Heavy Rainfall Expected Monday through Tuesday... .Significant amounts of rainfall are expected to begin across the forecast area today into Tuesday as a result of an approaching cold front, deep tropical moisture, and the outer circulation of Tropical Storm Isaias moving northward along the Florida and Georgia shoreline to eastern Virginia by Tuesday. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of North Carolina and southwest Virginia, including the following areas, in North Carolina, Alleghany NC, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, and Wilkes. In southwest Virginia, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, and Patrick. * From 8 AM EDT this morning through Tuesday evening. * Excessive rainfall enhanced by the remnants of Tropical Storm Isaias. * Small creeks and streams could rise into flood quickly today. Flash flooding can be expected in areas of quick heavy rainfall and areas of persistent moderate or heavier rainfall. From 2 to 4 inches of rainfall is expected in the included counties with locally higher amounts possible along the southern Blue Ridge from northwest North Carolina into southwest Virginia.

Counties Affected:
Alleghany; Ashe; Surry; Watauga; Wilkes

Issued by: NWS Blacksburg (Southwest Virginia)
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