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WGUS51 KRNK 170209  
FFWRNK  
VAC185-170815-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
1009 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT THURSDAY.  
 
* AT 1009 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. 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...  
RICHLANDS... TAZEWELL...  
CEDAR BLUFF... CLIFFIELD...  
AMONATE... BANDY...  
CLAYPOOL HILL...  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
BEECH FORK, CLINCH RIVER, BURKES GARDEN CREEK, BLUESTONE RIVER AND  
BIG 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 3720 8168 3721 8155 3722 8155 3723 8151  
3726 8150 3725 8148 3726 8146 3718 8134  
3711 8140 3696 8176 3696 8178 3704 8182  
3711 8189 3714 8190 3715 8190 3716 8187  
3717 8187 3721 8170  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
BMG  
 
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