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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
108 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2025
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FRANKLIN VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
108 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. UPWARDS
OF 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE PIGG
RIVER, AND UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
HEADWATERS OF THE BLACKWATER RIVER.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA,
PITTSYLVANIA. IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, FRANKLIN. THE PIGG AND
BLACKWATER RIVERS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE BLACKWATER AND PIGG RIVERS
ARE EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1258 AM EDT, RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY
RAIN WITH UPWARDS OF 6 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL
AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING
NEAR ROCKY MOUNT AND THIS WATER WILL MOVE DOWNSTREAM ALONG
THE PIGG AND BLACKWATER RIVERS WITH POTENTIAL TO IMPACT AREAS
DOWNSTREAM TOWARD SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AND WHERE THE PIGG
RIVER EXITS INTO THE ROANOKE RIVER IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
NEAR SANDY LEVEL.
- THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PENHOOK, SOUTHERN SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, UNION HALL, AJAX,
NORTH SHORE, WESTERN SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AND SONTAG.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3694 7983 3705 7974 3705 7960 3703 7956
3704 7954 3701 7948 3701 7947 3690 7953
3690 7978
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