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McDowell County Emergency Management
Wednesday October 10th, 2018 :: 10:42 a.m. EDT

Advisory

Flood Advisory until 01:15PM

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flood Advisory for Minor Flooding in Poor Drainage Areas for... Western McDowell County in western North Carolina...

* Until 115 PM EDT.

* At 1025 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges continued to indicate periods of moderate to heavy rain across portions of western McDowell County this morning. The additional rainfall on top of the one to two inches of rain over the past several hours will lead to minor flooding.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Old Fort, B.R. Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, Pleasant Gardens, Little Switzerland, Woodlawn, Sugar Hill, Montreat and Busick.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MCDOWELL, NC

Instructions:

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated, or ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.

Address/Location
McDowell County Emergency Management
129 Barnes Rd
Marion, NC 28752

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-3241

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Advisory

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