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Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 6:56 AM Jun. 17, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY... At 256 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in Rocky Mount. Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. Flash flooding is already occurring. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Rocky Mount... Boones Mill... Ferrum... Callaway... Wirtz... Burnt Chimney... Western Smith Mountain Lake... This includes the following streams and drainages... Gills Creek, Blackwater River, Doe Run, Dillons Mill Branch, Boothe Creek, Coles Creek, Little Creek, Furnace Creek, Hatchet Creek and Little Chestnut Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. Rainfall of more than five inches in similar storms has been associated with an increased risk of landslides and rockslides. If you live on a mountainside or in a cove at the base of a mountain, especially near a stream, be ready to leave in advance of the storm or as quickly as possible should rising water, moving earth, or rocks threaten. Consider postponing travel along mountain roads during periods of heavy rainfall. 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 Twitter. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Flood Watch
Issued: 6:47 AM Jun. 17, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...Portions of North Carolina, including the following areas, Alleghany NC, Ashe, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin, Virginia, including the following areas, Alleghany VA, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Smyth, Tazewell and Wythe, and southeast West Virginia, including the following areas, Eastern Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers and Western Greenbrier. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through 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. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms develop early this afternoon and into tonight. A nearby frontal boundary will provide focus for repeated storms to develop. This along with increasing moisture and previous heavy rainfall will set the stage for additional flash flooding across the area. - 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. &&
Flood Warning
Issued: 5:09 AM Jun. 17, 2025 – National Weather Service
...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. &&
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