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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
252 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY NC COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 252 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND LOCALLY 3.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. MULTIPLE STORMS CONTINUE TO PASS
REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE AREA, PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 PM. 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... ELKIN...
FAIRVIEW... JONESVILLE...
DOBSON... RONDA...
TRAPHILL...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CANE CREEK, CHESTNUT CREEK, BRUSH CREEK, BASIN CREEK, BIG BUGABOO
CREEK, BIG SANDY CREEK, CHRISTIAN CREEK, CAMP BRANCH, BEAVERDAM
CREEK, BIG PINE CREEK, CAMP CREEK AND BEE TREE BRANCH.
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 3639 8125 3656 8090 3656 8073 3633 8067
3623 8087 3616 8115 3637 8130 3636 8128
3636 8125 3638 8124
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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