NWS Flash Flood Watch (Alleghany County)

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Flash Flood Watch issued May 18 at 10:22PM EDT until May 19 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... .A PERSISTENT RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVIER SHOWERS...IS LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS LIKELY. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... 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. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY * 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 A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM...IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY AND EARLIER SATURDAY. * 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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