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WGUS81 KRNK 050216
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1016 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
VAC021-197-050530-
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BLAND VA-WYTHE VA-
1016 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BLAND AND WYTHE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1016 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PEAK CREEK, EAST FORK STONY FORK, MILL CREEK, HUNTING CAMP
CREEK, LAUREL RUN, MUDLICK BRANCH, HELVEYS MILL CREEK, LITTLE
WALKER CREEK, CRAB ORCHARD CREEK, LAUREL CREEK, COVE CREEK
AND KIMBERLING CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WYTHEVILLE... BLAND...
KIMBERLING... FAVONIA...
LONG SPUR... MECHANICSBURG...
- 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 3704 8122 3718 8109 3713 8090 3712 8091
3712 8092 3712 8093 3710 8092 3695 8104
3693 8124
AS
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