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FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
437 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
VAC005-017-045-071-WVC025-063-202345-
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ALLEGHANY VA VA-BATH VA-CRAIG VA-GILES VA-GREENBRIER WV-MONROE WV-
437 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES,
ALLEGHANY VA, BATH, CRAIG AND GILES AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, GREENBRIER AND MONROE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. DANGEROUS FLOWS
OVER LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. WATER OVER ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 437 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COVE BRANCH, BEE BRANCH, BARBOURS CREEK, BACK CREEK, CEDAR
CREEK, COVE RUN, BOULDER RUN, CORNER BRANCH, BIG RUN, COVE
CREEK, BRUSHY LICK, COLES RUN, ANTHONY CREEK AND BROAD RUN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALLEGHANY... LEWISBURG...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... RONCEVERTE...
NEW CASTLE... PAINT BANK...
SINKING CREEK...
- 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 3735 8063 3745 8042 3751 8041 3776 8051
3789 8023 3806 8009 3806 7996 3810 7994
3809 7991 3796 8001 3795 7994 3790 7996
3769 8018 3751 8001 3747 8004 3728 8052
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