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WGUS61 KRNK 182236  
FFARNK  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
636 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
 
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-  
WVZ042>044-507-508-190400-  
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0020.000000T0000Z-250719T0400Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-  
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-  
GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-  
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-  
CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-  
MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HINTON, BUENA VISTA, QUINWOOD, WEST  
JEFFERSON, GALAX, YANCEYVILLE, TAZEWELL, MARTINSVILLE, ROANOKE,  
KEYSVILLE, BLACKSBURG, DOBSON, HOT SPRINGS, TROUTDALE, UNION,  
SALEM, WYTHEVILLE, SPARTA, RAINELLE, LEXINGTON, DANVILLE, DUO,  
AMHERST, EDEN, ALDERSON, YADKINVILLE, RADFORD, PEARISBURG,  
INDEPENDENCE, CLIFTON FORGE, FINCASTLE, MARION, BLAND, FLOYD,  
LYNCHBURG, LEWISBURG, SOUTH BOSTON, BLUEFIELD, WHITE SULPHUR  
SPRINGS, APPOMATTOX, COVINGTON, HIX, PULASKI, ROCKY MOUNT,  
BEDFORD, VOLNEY, BOONE, WHITETOP, FLAT TOP, STUART, WILKESBORO,  
NEW CASTLE, AND DANBURY  
636 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,  
ALLEGHANY NC, ASHE, CASWELL, ROCKINGHAM, STOKES, SURRY, WATAUGA,  
WILKES AND YADKIN, VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,  
ALLEGHANY VA, AMHERST, APPOMATTOX, BATH, BEDFORD, BLAND,  
BOTETOURT, BUCKINGHAM, CAMPBELL, CARROLL, CHARLOTTE, CRAIG, FLOYD,  
FRANKLIN, GILES, GRAYSON, HALIFAX, HENRY, MONTGOMERY, PATRICK,  
PITTSYLVANIA, PULASKI, ROANOKE, ROCKBRIDGE, SMYTH, TAZEWELL AND  
WYTHE, AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,  
EASTERN GREENBRIER, MERCER, MONROE, SUMMERS AND WESTERN GREENBRIER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP  
THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAIN RATES  
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED. IF THESE STORMS SIT  
OVER AN AREA FOR EVEN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, POOR DRAINAGE  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR. IF STORMS MERGE OR TRAIN OVER THE SAME  
AREA, RESULTING IN PERSISTENT, OR REPETITIVE ROUNDS OF  
RAINFALL, THEN FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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