Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1022 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...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.


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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-SMYTH-GRAYSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY
1022 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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