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Record Warmth Lingers; Fire Weather Concerns; Unsettled Pacific Northwest

More record warm temperatures are forecast this week from California, Southwest, Plains then into the Mississippi Valley and Southeast. The warmth combining with dry conditions may result in elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions. Meanwhile, another Pacific system will move across the Pacific Northwest with lower elevation rain and mountain snows. For Hawaii, conditions improving. Read More >

Pictures of the North Fork of the Holston River near Gate City, Virginia



The gage on the North Fork of the Holston River near Gate City, Virginia
The gage on the North Fork of the Holston River near Gate City, Virginia is on the left bank (the river flows from right to left in this picture).


Looking downstream from the gage image
Looking downstream from the gage. Water has been close to overtopping this bridge.


Looking upstream, with the gage in foreground image
Looking upstream, with the gage in foreground.


Debris from a recent flood piled up against the old bridge support
Debris from a recent flood piled up against the old bridge support.


View downstream from the highway bridge toward Tennessee
View downstream from the highway bridge toward Tennessee.


View upstream with Clinch Mountain in the background
View upstream with Clinch Mountain in the background.