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Part of: Raleigh County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 2 at 8:33PM EDT until August 3 at 2:45AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Ashe, NC; Watauga, NC; Wilkes, NC, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 214,854 acres
- Began
- To end
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Ashe, NC; Watauga, NC; Wilkes, NC · ≈ 340 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- News WataugaOnline.com
Flood Warning including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes – Sunday August 2, 2026
- News Raleigh News & Observer
Weather alert affecting Ashe County Sunday evening - wind gusts up to 40 mph
- Bulletin NWS Blacksburg VA
Flash Flood Warning issued
Ashe, NC; Watauga, NC; Wilkes, NC
- Storm report NWS RNK storm report
FLOOD — 1 E Mount Airy, NC
Social Media post shows that a playground and the pickleball courts at Riverside Park are destroyed due to flood waters.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS RNK storm report Storm report
- NWS RNK storm report Storm report
- WataugaOnline.com News
Flood Watch in Effect for Watauga, Ashe Counties Through Late Tonight
- NWS RNK storm report Storm report
- NWS RNK storm report Storm report
- Charlotte Observer News
UPDATE: The flood advisory for Western North Carolina is anticipated to expire at 1:45 a.m.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.