# Flash Flood Warning: Stokes, NC; Surry, NC — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-22 21:49 ingested 2026-08-23 06:37

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Flash Flood Warning — Stokes, NC; Surry, NC
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
FFWRNK

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Stokes County in north central North Carolina...
Southern Surry County in northwestern North Carolina...

* Until 400 AM EDT Sunday.

* At 949 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1
hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area. 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...
Elkin...                           Fairview...
Jonesville...                      Dobson...
Pilot Mountain...                  Mountain Park...
Level Cross...

This includes the following streams and drainages...
Bull Creek, Beaver Creek, Camp Creek, Chinquapin Creek, Cody
Creek, Christian Creek, Cooks Creek, Ararat River and Caddle Creek.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.