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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
834 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* AT 834 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND LOCALLY 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 730 PM. 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, HIGHWAYS,
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAKVALE... GLEN LYN...
ELGOOD... WILLOWTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
NEW RIVER, ADAIR RUN, HALES BRANCH, BIG SPRING BRANCH, ISLAND
CREEK, EAST RIVER, BOLARS FORK, TRACY FORK, SPRUCE FORK AND LITTLE
ISLAND 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 3741 8100 3741 8086 3740 8087 3738 8088
3735 8085 3730 8100
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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