FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 1112 PM EST WED NOV 11 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...
ASHE...SURRY...WATAUGA...WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...CARROLL...FLOYD AND GRAYSON.
* UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY
* PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. TOTAL ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* THE ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING
OF CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.
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.
$$ WIND ADVISORY Warning Issue Date: 1117 PM EST WED NOV 11 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY.
EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH POSSIBLE. BECAUSE OF THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS...THESE WINDS
WILL LIKELY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREES...AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH COMBINED
WITH WET SOILS TO DOWN SOME TREES. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING AS
THESE GUSTS COULD DOWN LIMBS AND TREES ALONG HIGHWAYS.
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