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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1002 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
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BEDFORD VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-ROANOKE VA-CITY
OF ROANOKE VA-CITY OF SALEM VA-
1002 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTH CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ON AREA CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1000 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MINOR
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AT SOME LOCATIONS DUE TO BETWEEN
1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLY THIS MORNING.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BACK CREEK, BLACKWATER RIVER, BIG CHESTNUT CREEK AND BIG BEAR
ROCK 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...
ROANOKE, SALEM, VINTON, ROCKY MOUNT, BOONES MILL, FERRUM AND
PENHOOK.
- FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3729 8013 3733 8004 3734 7995 3731 7988
3722 7985 3711 7965 3709 7961 3708 7961
3708 7962 3705 7959 3705 7960 3704 7959
3702 7960 3694 7967 3688 8013 3718 8008
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