Flood Advisory until 03:00PM 
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended the
* Flood Advisory for... Northwestern Burke County in western North Carolina... West Central Caldwell County in western North Carolina... McDowell County in western North Carolina...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 1255 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated pockets of heavy rain and embedded thunderstorms lingering within the advisory area. Localized rainfall totals since this morning have been around 2 inches and up to an additional inch of rain is possible. Increasing amounts of runoff will continue all afternoon across the upper Catawba basin. Due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Some locations that may experience flooding include... Marion, Lake James, Lake James State Park, B.R. Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville, Table Rock, Linville Falls, B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, B.R. Parkway-Linville Falls To Grandfather, Nebo, Woodlawn, North Cove, Ashford, Pleasant Gardens, Little Switzerland, Glenwood, Fero, Sugar Hill and Jonas Ridge.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CALDWELL, NC ... BURKE, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC
Instructions:
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