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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1017 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2025
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ALLEGHANY NC NC-ASHE NC-WILKES NC-
1017 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY NC, SOUTHEASTERN ASHE AND CENTRAL WILKES
COUNTIES...
AT 1017 PM EDT, WILKES COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ALONG MAIN STREET, BOONE TRAIL ROAD, AND US 421 NEAR WINKLER MILL
ROAD. MULTIPLE CARS ARE STALLED IN WATER. BETWEEN 3 AND 3.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH WILKESBORO... WILKESBORO...
RONDA... MC GRADY...
WILBAR... TRAPHILL...
LAUREL SPRINGS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DARNELL CREEK, BIG BUGABOO CREEK, CLEAR BRANCH, BEE TREE BRANCH,
EAST PRONG ROARING RIVER, CAMP BRANCH, BIG SANDY CREEK, BASIN
CREEK, CANE CREEK, CUB CREEK, CHURCH BRANCH AND COVE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3647 8109 3622 8092 3609 8131 3623 8139
3640 8133
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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