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WGUS81 KRNK 202155
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
555 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
VAC121-202330-
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MONTGOMERY VA-
555 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, MONTGOMERY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 553 PM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN NEAR WILLIS HOLLOW RD DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 2
AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CONNELLYS RUN, MILL CREEK, DRY RUN, GEORGES RUN, CRAIG CREEK,
CALHOUN RUN, FLATWOODS BRANCH, INDIAN RUN, ELLIOTT CREEK,
MEADOW CREEK, BONYS RUN, BRAKE BRANCH AND CRAB CREEK.
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...
BLACKSBURG... CHRISTIANSBURG...
RADFORD... SHAWSVILLE...
MERRIMAC... MC DONALDS MILL...
PRICES FORK...
- 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 3713 8030 3708 8045 3710 8053 3712 8053
3714 8051 3715 8051 3715 8052 3715 8053
3718 8055 3719 8054 3719 8052 3720 8052
3721 8052 3720 8054 3723 8054 3727 8052
3729 8047 3735 8032 3723 8019 3713 8019
CDG
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