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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
545 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 545 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 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...
NORTH WILKESBORO... WILKESBORO...
BOOMER... MORAVIAN FALLS...
CRICKET... FAIRPLAINS...
BUCK...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
EAST SWAN CREEK, DOBBINS CREEK, FISH DAM CREEK, BIG WARRIOR CREEK,
BUSSELS CREEK, BEAVER CREEK, ELK CREEK, DUGGER CREEK, CUB CREEK
AND HUNTING CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3604 8105 3603 8106 3604 8114 3603 8117
3604 8120 3603 8127 3600 8133 3602 8134
3604 8137 3604 8140 3605 8139 3607 8141
3608 8145 3617 8138 3618 8112 3616 8088
3606 8088 3606 8098
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
EB
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