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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
902 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ROANOKE, AND THE CITY OF
SALEM ...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 902 PM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF ROANOKE, AND THE
CITY OF SALEM . THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROANOKE... SALEM...
VINTON... BOONES MILL...
CATAWBA... CAVE SPRING...
HOLLINS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG BEAR ROCK BRANCH, BACK CREEK, CARVIN CREEK AND BUFFALO CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 3738 8011 3742 8005 3742 7994 3738 7984
3732 7984 3731 7985 3730 7984 3730 7985
3728 7985 3727 7986 3723 7984 3722 7985
3722 7984 3715 7984 3712 7994 3713 8010
3723 8013
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
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