• Flood Warning for Wilkes County, North Carolina
  • Flood Warning issued October 11 at 12:54PM EDT until October 12 at 4:54AM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 12:36 p.m.
  • Expires: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 3:54 a.m.

  • The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a
    * Flood Warning for...
    Alleghany County in northwestern North Carolina...
    Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina...
    Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina...
    * Until 645 PM EDT
    * At 1248 PM EDT, multiple road and bridge closures were reported
    across the warned area due to heavy rain earlier in the day. While
    the heaviest rain has passed these impacts will persist for the
    next several hours. Therefore, this areal flood warning will
    replace the expiring flash flood warning. Six or more inches of
    rain have fallen in portions of the warned area since yesterday.
    * Please continue to heed any road closures until authorities
    indicate that they are safe to pass.
    * Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    North Wilkesboro...
    Wilkesboro...
    Sparta...
    Jefferson...
    and West Jefferson.