McDowell County
Alerts in effect
Alerts covering all or part of McDowell County.
No active alerts in McDowell County. Checked 54 sec ago.
Outlook for the days ahead
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 2: Marginal (At Least 5%) until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 3: Marginal (At Least 5%) until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 2: General Thunderstorms Risk until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
- Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 3: General Thunderstorms Risk until Oct 5, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
- Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 1: no risk area over McDowell County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 1: no risk area over McDowell County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 4: no risk area over McDowell County until Oct 6, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 5: no risk area over McDowell County until Oct 7, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Slight (At Least 15%)
- Marginal (At Least 5%)
Rainfall forecast
- Day 1 (24 hours): highest in McDowell County, 0.01 to 0.1 inches issued Oct 2, 5:41 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Days 1–3 (72 hours): highest in McDowell County, 2 to 2.5 inches issued Oct 2, 5:53 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Days 1–7: highest in McDowell County, 2 to 2.5 inches issued Oct 2, 5:54 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
River gauges
- Catawba River at N Main St (US 221 Business) 2 NW MarionNowObservation not current
- Catawba River near Pleasant GardensNowNo flooding1.22 ftOct 2, 2:45 AM EDT
- Mill Creek at Orchard St, in Old FortNowNo flooding0.98 ftOct 2, 3:35 AM EDT
- N Fork Catawba River at Highway 221NowObservation not current