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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...A portion of western North Carolina, including the following county, Avery. * WHEN...Until 830 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...Nuisance to Minor flooding of low-lying areas adjacent to streams and other poor-drainage areas, including farmland, parks, greenways, boat-access areas, golf courses, underpasses, and parking lots. Isolated, shallow flows over roadways is possible. A few flood-prone, low-water crossings may become impassible. A culvert washout is possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 344 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated rainfall has ended across Avery County. However, an isolated nuisance flood threat will persist for the next 1-2 hours as excessive runoff moves through the headwater tributaries of the Elk River. Earlier this afternoon, between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell in a 90 minute period due to training thunderstorms over northern Avery County, generally along and north of a line from Beech Mountain to Banner Elk to Elk Park. Because the heavy rainfall has ended, more significant flash flooding is not expected. However, a few small streams may be approaching bankfull levels, resulting in adjacent lowland flooding and impacting low-water crossings and other flood- prone areas. The areas of heaviest rainfall were along and north of a line from Beech Mountain to Banner Elk to Elk Park including near Elk River Rd, Banner Elk Hwy (NC 194), and Skalley Branch Ln. It will take another 1-2 hours for the high flows to move downstream and dissipate. The Flood Advisory will remain in effect during this time to allow the flood threat to end. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Banner Elk and Elk Park - Http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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