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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
141 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026
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STOKES NC-SURRY NC-PATRICK VA-
141 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR WESTERN STOKES, EASTERN SURRY AND SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK
COUNTIES...
AT 141 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE
WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS
EVENING PRODUCED BETWEEN 4 AND LOCALLY 7.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN EASTERN
SURRY COUNTY, WESTERN STOKES COUNTY, AND SOUTHWEST PATRICK COUNTY.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE ARARAT RIVER BASIN, WHICH
IS APPROACHING A STAGE OF 24 FEET AS OF 130 AM. BOTH SURRY COUNTY
AND STOKES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF REPORTED THAT SEVERE
FLOODING IS OCCURRING, WITH BIG CREEK OBSERVED WELL OUT OF ITS BANKS
AND FLOWING ACROSS BOTH OLD ASBURY ROAD AND FRANS ROAD IN THE
WESTFIELD AREA. FLOODING IS LIKELY ALSO OCCURRING ALONG MEADOW
BRANCH AND PINCH GUT CREEK. NUMEROUS SWIFT WATER RESCUES HAVE
OCCURRED, AND MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE AS RUNOFF
COLLECTS IN THE WATERWAYS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. MANY
CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE STILL RISING DESPITE HEAVY RAIN
HAVING EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT AIRY... FLAT ROCK...
PILOT MOUNTAIN... DANBURY...
FRANCISCO... ARARAT...
CANA...
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 8063 3666 8059 3664 8054 3665 8049
3675 8044 3674 8040 3666 8037 3663 8032
3645 8026 3640 8014 3642 8031 3631 8036
3624 8046 3626 8047 3626 8053 3628 8054
3628 8057 3652 8067 3656 8067 3656 8061
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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