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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
712 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2020
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROANOKE, WILKESBORO, SPARTA, UNION, PULASKI,
COVINGTON, DANVILLE, APPOMATTOX, HINTON, INDEPENDENCE, FINCASTLE,
BUENA VISTA, DANBURY, HIX, DUO, TAZEWELL, FLOYD, BLUEFIELD, HOT
SPRINGS, FLAT TOP, CLIFTON FORGE, RAINELLE, LYNCHBURG, WYTHEVILLE,
YADKINVILLE, WHITETOP, EDEN, VOLNEY, MARTINSVILLE, PEARISBURG,
BLACKSBURG, WEST JEFFERSON, LEXINGTON, YANCEYVILLE, QUINWOOD,
RADFORD, BOONE, STUART, LEWISBURG, BEDFORD, ALDERSON, NEW CASTLE,
DOBSON, ROCKY MOUNT, SOUTH BOSTON, GALAX, KEYSVILLE, SALEM, MARION,
AMHERST, BLAND, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, AND TROUTDALE
712 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2020
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTH CAROLINA, ALLEGHANY NC,
ASHE, CASWELL, ROCKINGHAM, STOKES, SURRY, WATAUGA, WILKES AND
YADKIN. IN VIRGINIA, ALLEGHANY VA, AMHERST, APPOMATTOX, BATH,
BEDFORD, BLAND, BOTETOURT, BUCKINGHAM, CAMPBELL, CARROLL,
CHARLOTTE, CRAIG, FLOYD, FRANKLIN, GILES, GRAYSON, HALIFAX, HENRY,
MONTGOMERY, PATRICK, PITTSYLVANIA, PULASKI, ROANOKE, ROCKBRIDGE,
SMYTH, TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, EASTERN
GREENBRIER, MERCER, MONROE, SUMMERS AND WESTERN GREENBRIER.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* A STATIONARY FRONT COMBINED WITH AN UPPER DISTURBANCE TO OUR WEST
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS
LIKELY IN MANY AREAS, MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE GROUND
IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
* CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD ROADWAYS
AND POSSIBLY SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR STREAMS OR IN
LOW-LYING AREAS. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. BUSINESS
AND HOMES IN LOW-LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS COULD BECOME FLOODED BY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID ONSET
FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION AND MAY IMPACT AREAS THAT DO NOT TYPICALLY
FLOOD. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION QUICKLY SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
WP
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