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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
955 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.
* AT 955 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL THIS AFTERNOON. CREEK AND STREAMS WERE BEGIN TO FALL THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER, ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA
BETWEEN 10P AND 11 PM.
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...
MOUNT AIRY... FLAT ROCK...
ARARAT... CANA...
TOAST... WOODVILLE...
PINE RIDGE...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ARCHIES CREEK, BRUSHY FORK, ARARAT RIVER, BIG CREEK, BIRDS BRANCH
AND DAN RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3665 8045 3648 8048 3650 8073 3663 8069
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
RS
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