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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
355 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* AT 355 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN SINCE 2 PM. RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS ARE  
OBSERVED TO BE 2 INCHES PER 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.  
 
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...  
AMHERST... CLIFFORD...  
FALCONERVILLE... NEW GLASGOW...  
LOWESVILLE... MADISON HEIGHTS...  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
GRAHAM CREEK, BUFFALO RIVER, COX BRANCH, HARRIS CREEK AND FALLING  
ROCK CREEK.  
 
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 3757 7925 3777 7907 3776 7907 3775 7907  
3773 7907 3772 7906 3771 7906 3771 7904  
3770 7903 3771 7902 3770 7901 3770 7900  
3770 7899 3768 7898 3768 7897 3767 7897  
3767 7896 3760 7893 3744 7908  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
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