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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
908 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 908 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 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 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...
MOUNT AIRY... FLAT ROCK...
DOBSON... PILOT MOUNTAIN...
ARARAT... CANA...
BOTTOM...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG CREEK, BEAVERDAM CREEK, ARARAT RIVER, ARCHIES CREEK AND BEAVER
CREEK.
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 3660 8084 3660 8062 3660 8034 3660 8027
3639 8033 3639 8045 3639 8084 3656 8084
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
BMG
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