Watches & Alerts

• Areal Flood Advisory

  Expiring:

  05/17/2012 01:30am
  

  Areas affected:

  Wilkes, NC
  

  
  

  FLOOD ADVISORY
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
  939 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
  NCC193-170530-
  /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0024.120517T0139Z-120517T0530Z/
  
  WILKES NC-
  939 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
  * SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
  * UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
  * AT 934 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
  CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS THE SAME REGION...
  MAINLY BETWEEN MULBERRY AND THE WILKESBORO RESERVOIR. THE
  HEAVIEST RAINFALL OF NEAR 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THE VICINITY
  OF THE REDDIES RIVER AND STONY FORK. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN COULD
  FALL IN SPOTS BEFORE THE HEAVIER SHOWERS TAPER OFF.
  * RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS
  ESPECIALLY THOSE ADJACENT TO REDDIES RIVER TO FLOOD.
  PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
  ADVISORY AREA.
  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
  SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
  FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
  SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
  RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
  BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
  LAT...LON 3609 8133 3624 8122 3622 8111 3602 8125