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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
747 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 747 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 630 PM. THE EXPECTED
RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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...
MOUNT AIRY... FLAT ROCK...
WOODVILLE... WESTFIELD...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CHINQUAPIN CREEK, PINCH GUT CREEK, JOHNSON CREEK, ARARAT RIVER,
SILVERLEAF CREEK, MEADOW BRANCH, BIG CREEK, FLAT SHOAL CREEK AND
FAULKNER CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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.
LAT...LON 3653 8049 3649 8044 3648 8044 3646 8045
3645 8045 3643 8045 3642 8058 3656 8060
3656 8057 3655 8054 3655 8052 3654 8051
3654 8050
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
WP
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