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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
752 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
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BOTETOURT VA-FRANKLIN VA-ROANOKE VA-CITY OF ROANOKE VA-CITY OF
SALEM VA-
752 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT, NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND
ROANOKE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF ROANOKE AND THE CITY OF SALEM...
AT 752 PM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROANOKE... SALEM...
VINTON... BOONES MILL...
CATAWBA... CAVE SPRING...
HOLLINS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG BEAR ROCK BRANCH, BACK CREEK, CARVIN CREEK AND BUFFALO 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.
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
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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