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Part of: Raleigh County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 2 at 8:49PM EDT until August 3 at 2:45AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Avery, NC; Caldwell, NC, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 84,369 acres
- Began
- To end
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Avery, NC; Caldwell, NC · ≈ 130 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 Charlotte Observer
Flash flood warning issued for Avery and Caldwell counties until 2 a.m. Monday
- Bulletin NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Flash Flood Warning issued
Avery, NC; Caldwell, NC
- News Spectrum News 13
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- Storm report NWS RNK storm report
FLOOD — 1 E Westfield, NC
Social Media post shows the entire parking lot of a church on Devon Drive in Mt. Airy is under water, nearly to the roof of a building.
Show 3 earlier updates
- NWS RNK storm report Storm report
- NWS RNK storm report Storm report
- kens5.com News
Concan emergency crews report no injuries on Frio River after waters rise
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.