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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
636 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025

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WVZ042>044-507-508-190400-
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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 Hinton, Buena Vista, Quinwood, West
Jefferson, Galax, Yanceyville, Tazewell, Martinsville, Roanoke,
Keysville, Blacksburg, Dobson, Hot Springs, Troutdale, Union,
Salem, Wytheville, Sparta, Rainelle, Lexington, Danville, Duo,
Amherst, Eden, Alderson, Yadkinville, Radford, Pearisburg,
Independence, Clifton Forge, Fincastle, Marion, Bland, Floyd,
Lynchburg, Lewisburg, South Boston, Bluefield, White Sulphur
Springs, Appomattox, Covington, Hix, Pulaski, Rocky Mount,
Bedford, Volney, Boone, Whitetop, Flat Top, Stuart, Wilkesboro,
New Castle, and Danbury
636 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of North Carolina, including the following areas,
  Alleghany NC, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga,
  Wilkes and Yadkin, Virginia, including the following areas,
  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, and southeast West Virginia, including the following areas,
  Eastern Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers and Western Greenbrier.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
  Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop
    this afternoon and persist through this evening. Rain rates
    of 2 to 4 inches an hour are expected. If these storms sit
    over an area for even a short amount of time, poor drainage
    flooding may occur.  If storms merge or train over the same
    area, resulting in persistent, or repetitive rounds of
    rainfall, then flash flooding may occur.
  - 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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CDG