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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
442 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ALLEGHANY NC COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 442 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 4.5 AND 5.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 3 TO 5 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON... WEST JEFFERSON...
LANSING... GLENDALE SPRINGS...
LAUREL SPRINGS... MOUTH OF WILSON...
MC GRADY...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ELK CREEK, CRAB FORK, GRASSY CREEK, BRIDLE CREEK, CALL CREEK, BEAR
BRANCH, DARNELL CREEK, FOX CREEK, CLEAR BRANCH, BEAVER CREEK, DOG
CREEK, HELTON CREEK, BIG HORSE CREEK AND CHURCH BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3664 8129 3631 8119 3627 8150 3660 8156
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
CDG
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