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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
538 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY VA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 538 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. 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...
ALLEGHANY... LEWISBURG...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... RONCEVERTE...
ALDERSON... UNION...
PAINT BANK...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BACK CREEK, COVE CREEK, BROAD RUN, DRY CREEK, BURNS RUN, BEECH
RUN, BOULDER RUN, CROW RUN, EWIN RUN AND DUNLAP CREEK.
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 3776 8067 3782 8069 3796 8031 3770 8017
3751 8030 3748 8058 3775 8067
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
CDG
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