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🚨 PATRICK, SURRY, STOKES, YADKIN Counties 🚨 FLASH FLOOD WARNING ⚠️ until 2:45 a.m. Sunday.

4-5” OF RAIN has already fallen in the NW Piedmont of North Carolina moving North. Radar estimates are higher at over 6” and counting.

NWS TEXT: Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 835 PM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Stokes County in north central North Carolina... Eastern Surry County in northwestern North Carolina... Yadkin County in northwestern North Carolina... Southeastern Patrick County in southwestern Virginia...

* Until 245 AM EDT Sunday.

* At 835 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area.

Between 4 and 5 inches of rain have fallen.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

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...

Mount Airy... Fairview... Yadkinville... Dobson... Pilot Mountain... Walnut Cove... Boonville...

This includes the following streams and drainages...

Big Beaver Island Creek, Ararat River, Beaver Creek, Baker Branch, Archies Creek and Belews 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.

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 X.

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