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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1014 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
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STOKES NC-SURRY NC-YADKIN NC-PATRICK VA-
1014 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR
STOKES, EASTERN SURRY, YADKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN PATRICK COUNTIES...
AT 1014 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 6 AND 7 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON SHOALS ROAD.
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...
MOUNT AIRY... FAIRVIEW...
YADKINVILLE... DOBSON...
PILOT MOUNTAIN... WALNUT COVE...
BOONVILLE...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG BEAVER ISLAND CREEK, ARARAT RIVER, BEAVER CREEK, BAKER BRANCH,
ARCHIES CREEK AND BELEWS CREEK.
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.
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 3661 8041 3661 8005 3654 8005 3654 8003
3626 8004 3626 8045 3622 8043 3621 8045
3614 8044 3611 8051 3608 8052 3605 8050
3605 8079 3635 8078
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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