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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1202 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 AM EDT.
* AT 1202 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 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...
LYNCHBURG... AMHERST...
APPOMATTOX... CONCORD...
RUSTBURG... FOREST...
EVINGTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ALLENS CREEK, BEAR BRANCH, BIG OTTER RIVER, BENT CREEK, APPOMATTOX
RIVER AND ABBOTT BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3749 7945 3762 7894 3754 7890 3755 7888
3754 7883 3755 7882 3746 7870 3743 7868
3742 7864 3738 7863 3740 7859 3735 7860
3729 7865 3730 7894 3721 7930 3728 7948
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
BMG
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