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WGUS81 KRNK 040934
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
534 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
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FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-
534 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, FLOYD. IN WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA, FRANKLIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 534 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MEADOW CREEK, PIGG RIVER, LITTLE RIVER, LICK FORK, BRUSH
CREEK, BEAVERDAM CREEK, BOOTHE CREEK, HATCHET CREEK, OTTER
CREEK AND MEADOW RUN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FERRUM... CHECK...
ENDICOTT... TERRYS FORK...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3702 8035 3703 8035 3710 8023 3710 8021
3695 7998 3686 8015 3686 8017 3686 8018
3702 8036
AS
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