Hughes, NC Warnings, Watches and Advisories

Do not drive vehicles through flooded areas. The water depth and road condition may be unsafe. Additional information is available at https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/ Stay tuned for further updates by listening to NOAA weather radio... or your local radio and TV stations.

Special Weather Statement issued May 6 at 8:36PM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA

At 836 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over B.R. Parkway-Linville Falls To Grandfather, or over Newland, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Boone... Blowing Rock... Beech Mountain... Foscoe... Sugar Grove... Deep Gap... and Todd.

Special Weather Statement issued May 6 at 8:36PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

At 836 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles east of Lenoir to 7 miles southeast of Taylorsville. Movement was northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Taylorsville, Stony Point, Love Valley, Lookout Shoals Lake, Bethlehem, Lake Hickory, Hiddenite, Little River In Alexander County, Olin, and Millersville.

Special Weather Statement issued May 6 at 8:24PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

At 824 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles west of Newland to 9 miles southeast of Spruce Pine. Movement was east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Lenoir, Newland, Sawmills, Gamewell, Hudson, Cajah's Mountain, Banner Elk, Elk Park, Crossnore, and Sugar Mountain.

Coastal Flood Advisory issued May 6 at 2:35PM EDT until May 7 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...The lower Cape Fear River including downtown Wilmington. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...The lowest portions of USS North Carolina Road and Battleship Road begin to observe minor coastal flooding. Water begins to spread out of storm drains onto Water Street just south of Market Street in downtown Wilmington. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Affected areas listed are based on average tide conditions. Additional locations may experience flooding during periods of heavy rainfall, high winds, or other factors.