Flood Watch - Ashe (North Carolina)

HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...

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

NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-122100-
/O.EXB.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/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
426 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE 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.

* FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING INTO THE WEEKEND. ANY SNOW
COVER LEFT IN THE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO MELT BY THIS WEEKEND.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN...SNOW MELT AND SATURATED SOIL 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.


HIDE