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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
326 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
VAC089-690-142330-
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HENRY VA-CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-
326 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY AND INDEPENDENT CITY, CITY OF MARTINSVILLE AND
HENRY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 326 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN
THE ADVISORY AREA AND MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESS ACROSS
THE AREA. BETWEEN 0.3 AND 0.8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MULBERRY CREEK, BEAVER CREEK, SMITH RIVER, LEATHERWOOD CREEK
AND HAIRSTON BRANCH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE... VILLA HEIGHTS...
COLLINSVILLE... CHATMOSS...
FIELDALE...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3667 7992 3671 7994 3672 7987 3670 7982
3663 7982
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