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WGUS81 KRNK 212318
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
718 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
VAC023-067-161-770-775-220230-
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BOTETOURT VA-FRANKLIN VA-ROANOKE VA-CITY OF ROANOKE VA-CITY OF
SALEM VA-
718 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITIES, BOTETOURT, CITY OF
ROANOKE, CITY OF SALEM, FRANKLIN AND ROANOKE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PONDING OF
WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 718 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 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG BEAR ROCK BRANCH, BACK CREEK, CARVIN CREEK AND BUFFALO
CREEK.
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...
ROANOKE... SALEM...
VINTON... BOONES MILL...
CATAWBA... CAVE SPRING...
HOLLINS...
- 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 3738 8011 3742 8005 3742 7994 3738 7984
3732 7984 3731 7985 3730 7984 3730 7985
3728 7985 3727 7986 3723 7984 3722 7985
3722 7984 3715 7984 3712 7994 3713 8010
3723 8013
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