Watauga County
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Alerts covering all or part of Watauga County.
No active alerts in Watauga County. Checked 76 sec ago.
Outlook for the days ahead
- 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 1: no risk area over Watauga County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 1: no risk area over Watauga County until Oct 2, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 2: no risk area over Watauga County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 3: no risk area over Watauga County until Oct 5, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 4: no risk area over Watauga County until Oct 5, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 5: no risk area over Watauga County until Oct 6, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Slight (At Least 15%)
- Marginal (At Least 5%)
Rainfall forecast
- Day 1 (24 hours): highest in Watauga County, 0.01 to 0.1 inches issued Oct 2, 5:41 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Days 1–3 (72 hours): highest in Watauga County, 1.5 to 1.75 inches issued Oct 2, 5:53 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
- Days 1–7: highest in Watauga County, 1.5 to 1.75 inches issued Oct 2, 5:54 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
River gauges
- Middle Fork New River at BooneNowOut of service
- South Fork New River at SR 1100 near BrownwoodNowNo flooding3.61 ftOct 2, 3:20 AM EDT
- South Fork New River at US Hwy 221NowNo flooding6.6 ftOct 2, 3:35 AM EDT
- Watauga River near FoscoeNowNo flooding3.83 ftOct 2, 3:35 AM EDT
- Watauga River near Sugar GroveNowNo flooding1.47 ftOct 2, 2:30 AM EDT
- Winkler Creek at Meadowview Drive in BooneNowNo flooding1.75 ftOct 2, 3:10 AM EDT