Flash Flood Warnings and Watches
FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR MONTGOMERY AND WEST CENTRAL ROANOKE COUNTIES…
At 332 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE…Radar and automated gauges.
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…
Blacksburg… Christiansburg…
Radford… Shawsville…
Merrimac… McDonalds Mill…
Elliston-Lafayette…
This includes the following streams and drainages…
Flatwoods Branch, Indian Run, Gallion Branch, Craig Creek, Catawba
Creek, Elliott Creek, Brake Branch, Georges Run, Dry Run, Crab
Creek and Bonys Run.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY…
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE…Portions of North Carolina, including the following areas,
Alleghany NC, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.
Portions of Virginia, including the following areas, Bland,
Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Henry, Montgomery,
Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, Smyth, Tazewell and Wythe. Portions of
southeast West Virginia, including the following area, Mercer.
* WHEN…Until 2 AM EDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Slow moving front and an upper disturbance will keep showers
and a few thunderstorms around through this evening, some
with heavy rain.
– 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.
