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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes – Tuesday June 17, 2025
NCC009-189-193-172100-/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0090.250617T1955Z-250617T2100Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDSevere Thunderstorm WarningNational Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA355 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025 The National…
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Watauga County Road Open to Local Traffic Only for Improvements, Payne Branch Road to become two-lane road in spring 2027
BLOWING ROCK – Only local traffic should use Payne Branch Road in Blowing Rock while an N.C. Department of Transportation…
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Meadowview Drive Closed from Ivy Drive to Greenway Road/Leola Street Intersection for the Installation of a New Water Line
Meadowview Drive, from Ivy Drive to the Greenway Road/Leola Street intersection, will be closed for most of the day today,…
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Flood Watch including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Tuesday June 17, 2025
NCZ001>005-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>045-WVZ042>044-507-508-171915-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0012.250617T1500Z-250618T0200Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-WesternGreenbrier-Including the cities of Hix, Flat Top, Pearisburg, Alderson,Lewisburg, Marion, Danbury, Tazewell, Rainelle, Sparta, NewCastle, Pulaski, Hot…
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Fatal accident on NC 268 in Wilkes County – Sunday June 15, 2025
NORTH WILKESBORO – On Sunday, June 15, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated…
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Flood Advisory for Watauga – Monday June 16, 2025
NCC189-162030-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0068.250616T1719Z-250616T2030Z//00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Watauga NC-119 PM EDT Mon Jun 16 2025 …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Flooding…
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Governor Josh Stein Announces Western North Carolina Homeowners Can Apply for Single-Family Housing Recovery Program
(RALEIGH) Today Governor Josh Stein announced the state is accepting applications for a new program to repair or rebuild homes…
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NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Monday June 16, 2025
Hazardous Weather OutlookNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA323 AM EDT Mon Jun 16 2025 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ010>020-022-023-032>034-043-044-WVZ042>044-507-508-170730-Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Henry-Pittsylvania-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-323 AM EDT…
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Flood Watch including Watauga, Ashe & Wilkes for Monday June 16, 2025
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ010>020-022-023-032>034-043-044-WVZ042>044-507-508-161600-/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0011.250616T1600Z-250617T0400Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Henry-Pittsylvania-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-EasternGreenbrier-Western Greenbrier-Including the cities of Pearisburg, Hot Springs, Floyd, Bedford,Boone, Dobson, Wytheville, Eden, Hinton, Lewisburg, Martinsville,Blacksburg, Salem, Yadkinville,…
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Lightning strikes property in Matney on Friday
Lightning during a storm on Friday evening struck a property in Matney. Rebecca Ward and her family were sitting in…
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