NWS Flash Flood Watch (Alleghany County)

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Flash Flood Watch issued May 18 at 5:37AM EDT until May 19 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM NEAR A SLOW MOVING FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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. * FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA HAD AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE FRIDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...DUE TO STRONG...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ON FRIDAY. * 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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