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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
408 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
ALLEGHANY VA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...  
THE CITY OF COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* AT 408 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 2 PM. MULTIPLE STORMS CONTINUE TO PASS  
REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS, WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3  
INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS  
OF 1 TO 2 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...  
COVINGTON... CLIFTON FORGE...  
JORDAN MINES... CALLAGHAN...  
NATURAL WELL... LOW MOOR...  
SELMA...  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
BENS RUN, BIG RUN, COVE RUN, DRY CREEK, CHRISTLEYS RUN, COWPASTURE  
RIVER, CROW RUN, BLUE SPRING RUN, DRY RUN, BRUSHY LICK AND DUNLAP  
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 3763 8010 3771 8026 3795 8006 3790 7990  
3790 7989 3789 7989 3789 7986 3788 7983  
3787 7979 3777 7986  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
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