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WGUS81 KRNK 212325
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
725 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
NCC193-197-220230-
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WILKES NC-YADKIN NC-
725 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 NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, WILKES AND YADKIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 725 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BUSSELS CREEK, DUGGER CREEK, CRANBERRY CREEK, BEAVERDAM
CREEK, COBB CREEK, EAST SWAN CREEK, ARNOLD BRANCH, ELKIN
CREEK, EAST PRONG ROARING RIVER, BIG BUGABOO CREEK AND
DOBBINS 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...
ELKIN... JONESVILLE...
BOONVILLE... RONDA...
CLINGMAN... SWANCREEK...
WINDY GAP...
- 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.
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 3604 8105 3603 8106 3604 8112 3629 8106
3629 8087 3624 8087 3625 8081 3625 8079
3626 8078 3624 8068 3607 8071 3605 8073
3606 8098
EB
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