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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