Last Updated on August 20, 2025 4:06 pm
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDFlash Flood WarningNational Weather Service Blacksburg VA402 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a
Flash Flood Warning for…Alleghany NC County in northwestern North Carolina…Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina…Southeastern Watauga County in northwestern North Carolina…Central Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina…Southern Grayson County in southwestern Virginia…
Until 1000 PM EDT.
At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingheavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rainhave fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly.
HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE…Radar.
IMPACT…Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urbanareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well asother poor drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…Boone… Sparta…Jefferson… West Jefferson…Blowing Rock… Independence…Lansing…
This includes the following streams and drainages…Brush Creek, Beaverdam Creek, Bridle Creek, Bee Tree Branch, BearBranch, Big Sandy Creek, Beaver Creek, Big Pine Creek, Big HorseCreek and Basin Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.
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