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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1052 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
VAC089-690-111945-
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HENRY VA-CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-
1052 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1048 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA, WHICH
WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. CREEK AND RIVER LEVELS
REMAIN ELEVATED DUE TO BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH
FELL OVERNIGHT. MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS A FEW
LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ALONG BLACKSBERRY CREEK NEAR BASSETT, AND
ALONG THE SMITH RIVER.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LEATHERWOOD CREEK, BASSETT BRANCH, BEAVER CREEK, KOGER CREEK,
BULL RUN, BLACKBERRY CREEK, HAIRSTON BRANCH, HORSE PASTURE CREEK,
GRASSY FORK, JORDAN CREEK, HOME CREEK AND CASCADE CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE, BASSETT, RIDGEWAY, VILLA HEIGHTS, FIELDALE,
COLLINSVILLE AND HORSE PASTURE.
- FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3654 7987 3673 8009 3674 8008 3675 8009
3678 8009 3679 8007 3679 8004 3678 8003
3678 8001 3679 8003 3679 8001 3683 8000
3661 7970 3654 7972
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