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WGUS81 KRNK 272105
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
505 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
VAC185-WVC055-280015-
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TAZEWELL VA-MERCER WV-
505 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, TAZEWELL AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, MERCER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 505 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...
CLINCH RIVER, BLUESTONE RIVER, CRANE CREEK, BEECH FORK AND
BURKES GARDEN CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLUEFIELD... TAZEWELL...
POCAHONTAS... BRAMWELL...
TIPTOP... GRATTON...
BOISSEVAIN...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3703 8161 3718 8174 3720 8168 3721 8155
3723 8151 3726 8150 3725 8148 3727 8145
3727 8142 3732 8139 3732 8137 3742 8131
3739 8122 3712 8137
CDG
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