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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
750 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
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ALLEGHANY VA VA-CRAIG VA-GREENBRIER WV-MONROE WV-
750 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CRAIG, SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY VA,
SOUTHWESTERN GREENBRIER AND CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 750 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALLEGHANY... LEWISBURG...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... RONCEVERTE...
ALDERSON... UNION...
PAINT BANK...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BACK CREEK, COVE CREEK, BROAD RUN, DRY CREEK, BURNS RUN, BEECH
RUN, BOULDER RUN, CROW RUN, EWIN RUN AND DUNLAP 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 3776 8067 3782 8069 3796 8031 3770 8017
3751 8030 3748 8058 3775 8067
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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