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Flash Flood Warning

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Alleghany, NC; Grayson, VA; Smyth, VA; Wythe, VA

Status In Progress Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

At 254 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
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... Sparta... Independence... Mouth Of Wilson... Ennice... Sugar Grove... Troutdale... Bridle Creek...
This includes the following streams and drainages... Basin Creek, Bridle Creek, Bull Run, Bear Branch, Cripple Creek, Comers Rock Branch, Big Sandy Creek, Blue Spring Creek, Beaverdam Creek, Cold Run, Cove Creek, Brush Creek, Big Pine Creek, Beaver Creek and Crab Fork.
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