Flash Flood Warning

FFWRNK

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Alleghany NC County in northwestern North Carolina... Northwestern Surry County in northwestern North Carolina...

* Until noon EDT.

* At 840 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 6 and 9 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mountain Park... Low Gap... Barrett... Cumberland Knob... Roaring Gap...

This includes the following streams and drainages... Big Pine Creek, Elkin Creek, Beaverdam Creek, Christian Creek, Fisher River, Brush Creek and East Prong Roaring River.