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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
913 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.
* AT 913 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. 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...
CLOVER... REDOAK...
SCOTTSBURG... DRYBURG...
STAUNTON RIVER STATE PARK...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CARGILLS CREEK, ROANOKE RIVER, DIFFICULT CREEK, BANISTER RIVER,
HYCO RIVER, BUFFALO CREEK, DAN RIVER AND PINEY 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3670 7865 3669 7865 3669 7868 3668 7870
3667 7870 3667 7876 3674 7879 3680 7879
3683 7873 3684 7868 3683 7866 3678 7860
3676 7860 3670 7864
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
AB
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