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FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
501 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
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FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-PATRICK VA-
501 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, HENRY. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, PATRICK. IN WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, FRANKLIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 500 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
GRASSY FORK, BLACKBERRY CREEK, HATCHET CREEK, BOOTHE CREEK,
GOBLINTOWN CREEK, FURNACE CREEK, COLES CREEK, BIG CHESTNUT
CREEK, BLACKWATER RIVER, JOINT CRACK CREEK, DOE RUN AND DODD
CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT... FERRUM...
CALLAWAY... FAIRY STONE STATE PARK...
ENDICOTT... PHILPOTT DAM...
WIRTZ...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 X.
LAT...LON 3690 8020 3691 8020 3695 8016 3695 8015
3696 8014 3710 7996 3702 7974 3673 8009
3682 8031 3687 8025 3687 8024
CDG
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