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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
634 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* AT 634 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND LOCALLY 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MOIST GROUND FROM RECENT HEAVY
RAINFALL. RAIN IS FALLING AT RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE
STORMS. 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...
SOUTH BOSTON... HALIFAX...
KEYSVILLE... CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE...
PHENIX... CLOVER...
REDOAK...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BUCKSKIN CREEK, AUSTIN CREEK, BUFFALO CREEK, BLACK WALNUT CREEK,
BENTLEYS BRANCH, BLUESTONE CREEK, BANISTER RIVER AND ASH CAMP
CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3718 7864 3717 7863 3716 7862 3715 7860
3714 7859 3715 7855 3714 7854 3714 7853
3713 7851 3711 7850 3709 7848 3708 7844
3689 7849 3670 7865 3669 7865 3668 7869
3671 7894 3720 7869
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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