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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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