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WGUS71 KRNK 170425
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1225 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2025
VAC161-170435-
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ROANOKE VA-
1225 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROANOKE
COUNTY...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3711 8016 3717 8003 3713 7997 3715 7978
3705 7974 3694 7983 3687 8012 3706 8031
3708 8028 3711 8019
VAC063-067-170730-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-
1225 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD AND CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 1225 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN NEAR ROCKY MOUNT. BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...FERRUM...COPPER HILL... CALLAWAY...WIRTZ...CHECK...
ROADS CLOSED...DOE RUN ROAD, ASHPONE TAVERN ROAD, SIX MILE POST ROAD.
EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG PIGG RIVER. UPWARDS OF 6 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM FERRUM TO JUST SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNT. THIS
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DOE RUN, BLACKWATER RIVER, PIGG RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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.
RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF
YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN,
ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM, BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM
OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER, MOVING EARTH, OR
ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
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 3711 8016 3717 8003 3713 7997 3715 7978
3705 7974 3694 7983 3687 8012 3706 8031
3708 8028 3711 8019
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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