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Yonnie3

(18,197 posts)
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:46 AM May 2020

Much of Virginia under flash flood watch or warning

From Baltimore/DC office https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lwx&wwa=flash%20flood%20watch

Augusta-Nelson-Albemarle-Western Highland-Eastern Highland-
Central Virginia Blue Ridge-
Including the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft,
Lovingston, Charlottesville, Hightown, Monterey, and Wintergreen

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Rockingham-Greene-Madison-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-
Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton-
Including the cities of Harrisonburg, Stanardsville, Madison,
Big Meadows, Riverton, Brandywine, Franklin, Oak Flat, Ruddle,
and Sugar Grove

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From Blacksburg office a flash flood warning: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=rnk&wwa=flash%20flood%20warning

Floyd VA-Carroll VA-Henry VA-City of Galax VA-Franklin VA-Patrick VA-
755 AM EDT Thu May 21 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR
FLOYD...CARROLL...NORTHWESTERN HENRY...WESTERN FRANKLIN AND PATRICK
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF GALAX...

a flood warning: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=rnk&wwa=flood%20warning

Flood Warning for...
Giles County in southwestern Virginia...
Craig County in southwestern Virginia...
Botetourt County in west central Virginia...

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...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Virginia...

New River at Allisonia affecting Pulaski and Wythe Counties
New River at Radford affecting City of Radford...Montgomery and
Pulaski Counties

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and flash flood watches: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=rnk&wwa=flash%20flood%20watch

Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Craig-
Including the cities of Tazewell, Marion, Bland, Pearisburg,
Wytheville, Radford, Pulaski, Blacksburg, and New Castle

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There are a bunch more watch areas, see map at https://www.weather.gov/rnk/




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