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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1031 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2025
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SMYTH VA-
1031 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
NORTHWESTERN SMYTH COUNTY...
AT 1031 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
CHILHOWIE ALONG POPLAR AVENUE, NEAR LEE HIGHWAY. BETWEEN 2 AND 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 730PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA, AS ANOTHER BAND OF
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS MOVES IN BETWEEN 1035PM AND 1115
PM. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
MARION... SALTVILLE...
CHILHOWIE... SUGAR GROVE...
BROADFORD... ADWOLF...
THOMAS BRIDGE...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
HUNGRY MOTHER CREEK, MIDDLE FORK HOLSTON RIVER, LAUREL CREEK,
CREWEY BRANCH, DICKEY CREEK, LAUREL SPRINGS CREEK, GEORGES BRANCH,
EAST FORK HOPKINS BRANCH, BEAVER CREEK, COMERS CREEK, CAMPBELL
CREEK, LITTLE RIVER, MARCHANT CREEK, DEANS BRANCH, LOCUST COVE
CREEK AND LITTLE TUMBLING CREEK.
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.
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 3695 8180 3698 8171 3693 8168 3696 8162
3677 8142 3674 8152 3676 8159 3674 8168
3679 8170 3693 8184
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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