021  
WGUS61 KRNK 011634  
FFARNK  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
1234 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2025  
 
NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ010>017-022-032>034-043-020045-  
/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0022.250801T1700Z-250802T0400Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-  
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-  
HENRY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOONE, BLAND, ROANOKE, STUART, BEDFORD,  
WYTHEVILLE, BLACKSBURG, PULASKI, PEARISBURG, DOBSON, WHITETOP,  
GALAX, VOLNEY, FLOYD, MARTINSVILLE, INDEPENDENCE, ROCKY MOUNT,  
TROUTDALE, WEST JEFFERSON, SPARTA, SALEM, RADFORD, AND WILKESBORO  
1234 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,  
ALLEGHANY NC, ASHE, SURRY, WATAUGA AND WILKES AND VIRGINIA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BEDFORD, BLAND, CARROLL, FLOYD,  
FRANKLIN, GILES, GRAYSON, HENRY, MONTGOMERY, PATRICK, PULASKI,  
ROANOKE AND WYTHE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- ANOTHER ROUND OF SLOW MOVING, LOCALLY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS  
CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL RATES MAY CAUSE  
FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
- 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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