Flood Watch - Ashe (North Carolina)

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SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT TODAY...

.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE
AREA THIS WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO
THE REGION.

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/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
558 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.

* UNTIL NOON EST TODAY

* ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT.
UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING. ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF RUNOFF.

* THIS COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND ANY SNOW MELT MAY RESULT IN
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.


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