Weather News

Flood Reports

From our twitter feed – Bridge on Dewitt-Barnett is under water this morning. Total rainfall in Vilas just under 2.5″.…

The Fall Color Guy Report for Sept 16

*The following information is courtesy of Dr Howie Neufeld, Professor of Plant Eco-physiology at Appalachian State University. Dr Neufeld is…

Heavy Rain & Flooding Possible

The High Country is in line to receive heavy rain starting as early as Sunday night. The National Weather Service…

New Record Low In Boone

Brad Panovich passes along the record lows the past 2 days across the U.S. Including the 49° in Boone Friday…

Severe Storms Possible Today

Record High Temperature In July

The automatic weather station at the top of Grandfather Mountain recorded a new high temperature record July 1 of 83.2…

Power Restored in Watauga Late Monday

Full power restoration was complete as of 3:39 p.m. today after last night’s summer storm that brought high winds, hail…

Monday Power Outage Update

Power outages are down to 200 after a high of 500 members of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation were affected…

Overnight Storms Cause Outages & Fire

The storms that passed through the area Sunday night/Monday morning are blamed for power outages in Watauga and Ashe, and…

Virginia Power Outages

The derecho on Friday spared western North Carolina, but Virginia continues to deal with the loss of power. Here's a…