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FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
236 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
VAC121-155-161-750-770-775-111230-
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MONTGOMERY VA-PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA-CITY OF RADFORD VA-CITY OF
ROANOKE VA-CITY OF SALEM VA-
236 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RADFORD IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 830 AM 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 236 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 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BONYS RUN, BIG BEAR ROCK BRANCH AND BACK CREEK. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA.
THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROANOKE, BLACKSBURG, SALEM, CHRISTIANSBURG, RADFORD AND VINTON.
- 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 3741 8006 3729 7985 3724 7985 3699 8050
3701 8052 3697 8055 3696 8059 3714 8083
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