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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
439 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
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FRANKLIN VA-
439 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 439 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EXITED THE AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY AS WATER FROM THE
EARLIER HEAVY RAINS COLLECTS IN STREAMS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT... BOONES MILL...
PENHOOK... BURNT CHIMNEY...
WIRTZ... WESTERN SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE...
NORTHWEST SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COLES CREEK, GILLS CREEK, LITTLE CREEK, BLACKWATER RIVER, DILLONS
MILL BRANCH, HATCHET CREEK AND FURNACE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING,
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR FLOODED ROADS, TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3719 7986 3717 7972 3711 7964 3705 7960
3699 7961 3697 7979 3700 8011 3709 8011
3714 7995
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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