NWS Blacksburg VAFA.W 0009October 11, 2026
Flood Warning: Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes, NC
The National Weather Service office in Blacksburg issued a flood warning for Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes in North Carolina, in force until 8:00 a.m. local time on October 11. It was the 9th areal flood warning the NWS office in Blacksburg issued in 2026. North Carolina had 3 flood warnings in October 2026, against 14 in an average October of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's flood warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 2.2 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Blacksburg VA
- Area
- Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:49 a.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 a.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KRNK FA.W 0009
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flood Warnings in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...South Central Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina... Watauga County in northwestern North Carolina... Southwestern Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina... * WHEN...Until 800 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 547 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated light to moderate rainfall. However, flooding is ongoing in the warned area due to between 4 and locally 7 inches of rain that fell since Saturday morning. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Fall Creek, Norris Fork, Flat Branch, Elk Creek, Mill Creek, Dugger Creek, Little Dugger Creek, Laurel Fork, Dutch Creek, Meat Camp Creek, Brushy Fork, Grassy Creek and Left Prong Stony Fork. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Boone, Blowing Rock, Deep Gap, Todd, Foscoe, Seven Devils and Aho. - For flooding safety information, please visit http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of flooding, including mudslides or flooded roads, to the National Weather Service by calling toll free at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also be shared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page and on X.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.