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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
719 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
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ALLEGHANY NC NC-ASHE NC-WILKES NC-GRAYSON VA-
719 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR WESTERN ALLEGHANY NC, EASTERN ASHE, NORTHWESTERN WILKES
AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES...
AT 719 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON... WEST JEFFERSON...
LANSING... GLENDALE SPRINGS...
LAUREL SPRINGS... MOUTH OF WILSON...
MC GRADY...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BEAVER CREEK, CALL CREEK, CHURCH BRANCH, CRAB FORK, BIG HORSE
CREEK, DARNELL CREEK, ELK CREEK, CLEAR BRANCH, FOX CREEK, BRIDLE
CREEK, BEAR BRANCH, GRASSY CREEK, HELTON CREEK AND DOG CREEK.
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.
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 8129 3631 8119 3627 8150 3660 8156
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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