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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
759 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY NC COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT SATURDAY.
* AT 759 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. 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...
NORTH WILKESBORO... WILKESBORO...
RONDA... MC GRADY...
WILBAR... TRAPHILL...
LAUREL SPRINGS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DARNELL CREEK, BIG BUGABOO CREEK, CLEAR BRANCH, BEE TREE BRANCH,
EAST PRONG ROARING RIVER, CAMP BRANCH, BIG SANDY CREEK, BASIN
CREEK, CANE CREEK, CUB CREEK, CHURCH BRANCH AND COVE 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 3647 8109 3622 8092 3609 8131 3623 8139
3640 8133
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
CDG
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