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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
151 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
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PATRICK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF STUART
151 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL FAILURE OF DAM #2, #28, #63,
EPPERSON DAM ON THE ARARAT RIVER REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY A POTENTIAL DAM OR LEVEE FAILURE
IS POSSIBLE AT DAMS #2, #28, #63, AND EPPERSON DAM ON THE ARARAT
RIVER. THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE DUE TO HIGH RAINFALL, THERE
ARE CURRENTLY NO IDENTIFIED INTEGRITY THREATS TO THE DAMS.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, PATRICK.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...DAM FAILURE MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
AREAS BELOW THE DAM. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ARARAT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY A POTENTIAL DAM OR LEVEE FAILURE IS
POSSIBLE AT DAMS #2, #28, #63, AND EPPERSON DAM ON THE ARARAT
RIVER. THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE DUE TO HIGH RAINFALL,
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO IDENTIFIED INTEGRITY THREATS TO THE
DAMS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
THE FLOOD WATCH COVERING AT DAMS #2, #28, #63, AND EPPERSON DAM ON
THE ARARAT RIVER WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-
WESTERN GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INDEPENDENCE, LEXINGTON, ROCKY MOUNT,
MARION, FLOYD, PEARISBURG, UNION, BLAND, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
BLACKSBURG, WEST JEFFERSON, TAZEWELL, GALAX, BLUEFIELD, BUENA
VISTA, WYTHEVILLE, COVINGTON, DUO, AMHERST, SPARTA, DOBSON,
YADKINVILLE, HOT SPRINGS, ROANOKE, HINTON, HIX, ALDERSON,
PULASKI, DANBURY, MARTINSVILLE, LEWISBURG, FLAT TOP, VOLNEY,
SALEM, BOONE, TROUTDALE, RAINELLE, WILKESBORO, FINCASTLE,
WHITETOP, CLIFTON FORGE, BEDFORD, RADFORD, NEW CASTLE, AND
QUINWOOD
151 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
..FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
THE FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, ALLEGHANY NC, ASHE, STOKES, SURRY,
WATAUGA, WILKES AND YADKIN, VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
ALLEGHANY VA, AMHERST, BATH, BEDFORD, BLAND, BOTETOURT, CARROLL,
CRAIG, FLOYD, FRANKLIN, GILES, GRAYSON, HENRY, MONTGOMERY, PULASKI,
ROANOKE, ROCKBRIDGE, SMYTH, TAZEWELL AND WYTHE, AND SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, EASTERN GREENBRIER, MERCER,
MONROE, SUMMERS AND WESTERN GREENBRIER.
THE FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED. THEREFORE, THE FLOOD WATCH WILL
EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING.
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