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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
424 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
VAC077-173-202330-
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GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-
424 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, GRAYSON AND SMYTH.
* WHEN...UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 424 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 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BLUE SPRING CREEK, COMERS CREEK, BEAVER CREEK, HUNGRY MOTHER
CREEK, DICKEY CREEK, CREWEY BRANCH, CAMPBELL CREEK, HURRICANE
CREEK, DEANS BRANCH, GEORGES BRANCH, EAST FORK HOPKINS
BRANCH, LAUREL CREEK AND HOUNDSHELL BRANCH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARION... SALTVILLE...
CHILHOWIE... MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA...
SUGAR GROVE... ADWOLF...
THOMAS BRIDGE...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 3664 8161 3663 8162 3679 8170 3686 8177
3689 8179 3698 8155 3693 8143 3684 8138
3674 8138 3663 8161
EB
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