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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
805 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* AT 805 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN SINCE 700 PM. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 4
INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...
PEMBROKE... MOUNTAIN LAKE...
CASCADES... INTERIOR...
KIRE... KIMBALLTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LITTLE STONY CREEK, DRY BRANCH, DRY CREEK, PAINTER RUN, IRON
SPRING BRANCH, LAUREL BRANCH, LAUREL CREEK, DIXON BRANCH, JOHNS
CREEK, CROOKED CREEK, NORTH FORK STONY CREEK, CORNER BRANCH AND
NEW RIVER.
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 3747 8056 3748 8051 3746 8049 3744 8049
3742 8048 3734 8044 3733 8045 3732 8044
3730 8063 3735 8069 3739 8072 3742 8065
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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