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WGUS81 KRNK 220153
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
953 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
NCC169-171-VAC035-141-220500-
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STOKES NC-SURRY NC-CARROLL VA-PATRICK VA-
953 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, STOKES AND SURRY AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, CARROLL AND PATRICK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 953 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 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ANGLIN BRANCH AND ARARAT RIVER.
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...
MOUNT AIRY... FLAT ROCK...
PILOT MOUNTAIN... WALNUT COVE...
STUART... DANBURY...
FRANCISCO...
- 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 3664 8069 3663 8060 3665 8020 3660 8015
3639 8013 3626 8014 3626 8045 3624 8045
3626 8047 3626 8054 3628 8054 3628 8056
3638 8064 3649 8068 3658 8077
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