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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1133 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
NCC193-220645-
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WILKES NC-
1133 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WILKES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 245 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 1133 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...
CUB CREEK, BIG WARRIOR CREEK, DARNELL CREEK, BEAVER CREEK,
CANE CREEK, CAMP BRANCH, EAST PRONG ROARING RIVER, BASIN
CREEK, BEE TREE BRANCH, BIG BUGABOO CREEK, BIG SANDY CREEK
AND CHURCH BRANCH.
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...
NORTH WILKESBORO... WILKESBORO...
WILBAR... TRAPHILL...
MILLERS CREEK... BUCK...
MULBERRY...
- 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 3630 8097 3622 8101 3617 8112 3607 8128
3607 8137 3612 8149 3621 8146 3629 8127
3639 8115 3638 8104
EB
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