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WGUS81 KRNK 220049
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
849 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
VAC035-063-067-089-141-220400-
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CARROLL VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-PATRICK VA-
849 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, HENRY. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, CARROLL, FLOYD AND
PATRICK. IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, FRANKLIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. WATER OVER
ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 849 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...
BIG CHESTNUT CREEK, BIRDS BRANCH, ANGLIN BRANCH, ARCHIES
CREEK, BLACKWATER RIVER, BLACKBERRY CREEK, ARARAT RIVER AND
BIG REED ISLAND 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...
ROCKY MOUNT... STUART...
WOOLWINE... BASSETT...
FERRUM... ARARAT...
BUFFALO RIDGE...
- 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 ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3677 8055 3677 8032 3681 8016 3685 8016
3693 8014 3709 8008 3710 7998 3706 7983
3688 7988 3675 7992 3663 8009 3657 8034
3658 8060 3678 8064
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