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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
629 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 629 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 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... RUSTBURG...
CONCORD... FOREST...
BOCOCK... STONEWALL...
MADISON HEIGHTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BURTON CREEK, BEAR CREEK, BEAVERPOND BRANCH, BUTTOM CREEK, CARTERS
CREEK, BLACKWATER CREEK, DREAMING CREEK, BUFFALO CREEK AND FALLING
RIVER.
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 3737 7925 3738 7924 3739 7924 3739 7923
3740 7924 3740 7925 3744 7924 3745 7917
3743 7896 3736 7887 3716 7889 3721 7923
3733 7925 3735 7926 3736 7925
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
BMG
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