568  
WGUS61 KRNK 141456  
FFARNK  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC  
1056 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2025  
 
VAZ011-014-017>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ043-044-507-508-150200-  
/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0007.250514T1456Z-250515T0200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-  
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-SUMMERS-MONROE-  
EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, QUINWOOD,  
COVINGTON, NEW CASTLE, STUART, ROANOKE, HINTON, SALEM, LEWISBURG,  
BLACKSBURG, UNION, CLIFTON FORGE, HIX, AMHERST, FINCASTLE, ROCKY  
MOUNT, HOT SPRINGS, BEDFORD, PEARISBURG, FLOYD, BUENA VISTA, DUO,  
ALDERSON, RAINELLE, AND LEXINGTON  
1056 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,  
ALLEGHANY VA, AMHERST, BATH, BEDFORD, BOTETOURT, CRAIG, FLOYD,  
FRANKLIN, GILES, MONTGOMERY, PATRICK, ROANOKE AND ROCKBRIDGE AND  
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, EASTERN  
GREENBRIER, MONROE, SUMMERS AND WESTERN GREENBRIER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE, LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL  
FOR FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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