Great Smokey Mountain Drive, North Carolina

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Wayne; Cumberland
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 7:54 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 11:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Raleigh NC on 2026-08-11 @ 7:54 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 8:54AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.

* WHERE...Cumberland and Wayne Counties.

* WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Sampson
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 7:54 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 11:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Raleigh NC on 2026-08-11 @ 7:54 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 8:54AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.

* WHERE...Sampson County.

* WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Duplin; Jones; Pamlico; Southern Craven; West Carteret; East Carteret; Inland Onslow; Coastal Onslow
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 7:38 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 10:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on 2026-08-11 @ 7:38 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 8:38AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 106 expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Onslow, Duplin, East Carteret, Inland Onslow,
Jones, Pamlico, Southern Craven, and West Carteret Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Washington; Tyrrell; Mainland Dare; Beaufort; Mainland Hyde; Northern Craven
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 7:38 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 10:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on 2026-08-11 @ 7:38 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 8:38AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.

* WHERE...Beaufort, Mainland Dare, Mainland Hyde, Northern Craven,
Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Pitt; Greene; Lenoir
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 7:38 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 10:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on 2026-08-11 @ 7:38 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 8:38AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 105 expected.

* WHERE...Greene, Lenoir, and Pitt Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Chowan; Perquimans
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 2:27 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 11:00 am
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 10:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 6:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Wakefield VA on 2026-08-11 @ 2:27 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 3:27AM EDT until August 11 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values of 104 to 108 expected.

* WHERE...Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Western
Currituck Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Columbus; Inland Pender; Coastal Pender; Inland New Hanover; Coastal New Hanover; Inland Brunswick; Coastal Brunswick; Coastal Horry; Inland Georgetown; Coastal Georgetown; Central Horry; Northern Horry
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 12:49 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 2:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 11:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Wilmington NC on 2026-08-11 @ 12:49 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 1:49AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast North Carolina and northeast South
Carolina.

* WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Heat Advisory
Area(s): Bladen
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 12:49 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 2:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 11:00 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Wilmington NC on 2026-08-11 @ 12:49 am
Headline: Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 1:49AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Description: * WHAT...Heat index values up to 106 expected.

* WHERE...Bladen County.

* WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Ashe; Alleghany; Watauga; Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Wythe; Pulaski; Montgomery; Grayson; Carroll; Floyd; Craig; Alleghany; Bath; Roanoke; Botetourt; Rockbridge; Mercer; Summers; Monroe; Eastern Greenbrier; Western Greenbrier
Effective: 2026-08-11 @ 12:34 am -> 2026-08-11 @ 2:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-11 @ 1:00 am -> 2026-08-13 @ 7:00 am
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Blacksburg VA on 2026-08-11 @ 12:34 am
Headline: Flood Watch issued August 11 at 1:34AM EDT until August 13 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
Description: * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest North Carolina, including the
following areas, Alleghany NC, Ashe and Watauga, Virginia,
including the following areas, Alleghany VA, Bath, Bland,
Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery,
Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Smyth, Tazewell and Wythe, and
southeast West Virginia, including the following areas, Eastern
Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers and Western Greenbrier.

* WHEN...Through Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Possible repeated rounds of thunderstorms in an extremely
moist airmass will lead to flash flooding concerns over the
next several days.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood