Weather Alert
Franklin County, VA
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 5/29/23 12:21 PM
End: 5/29/23 3:30 PM
Dur: 03:09
Canceled 5/29/23 3:30 PM

Flash Flood Warning issued May 29 at 12:21PM EDT until May 29 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
At 1221 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated that heavy rain has ended across the warned area. However, between 3 and locally 5 inches of rain have fallen earlier today. 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...
Boones Mill... Copper Hill...
Ferrum... Bent Mountain...
Callaway... Check...
Wirtz...
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Back Creek, Boothe Creek, Blackwater River, Beaverdam Creek and Brush Creek.



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