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WGUS81 KRNK 160400
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1200 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2025
VAC009-160700-
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AMHERST VA-
1200 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, AMHERST.
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1159 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LONG BRANCH, BUFFALO RIVER, MUDDY BRANCH, HUFF CREEK, DAVIS
MILL CREEK, LITTLE PINEY RIVER, COX BRANCH, BROWN MOUNTAIN
CREEK AND MILL CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FORKS OF BUFFALO... CLIFFORD...
LOWESVILLE...
- 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 3769 7928 3781 7914 3780 7913 3780 7912
3779 7912 3778 7910 3779 7909 3777 7907
3773 7907 3772 7906 3769 7910 3765 7901
3759 7906 3764 7921
CDG
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