Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Watches and Warnings

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...
ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...SURRY...WATAUGA...WILKES AND YADKIN. IN
VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...AMHERST...BATH...BEDFORD...BLAND...
BOTETOURT...CARROLL...CRAIG...FLOYD...FRANKLIN...GILES...
GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...ROANOKE...
ROCKBRIDGE...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS.

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AREAS
THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. BY THE TIME THE FRONT
CLEARS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE.

* THE FORECASTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE RUNOFF WOULD THEN CREATE
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS.

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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