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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1256 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
THE CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 AM EDT.
* AT 1256 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 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...
DANVILLE... GATEWOOD...
WESTOVER HILLS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CANE CREEK, HOGANS CREEK, LAWLESS CREEK, LITTLE FALL CREEK, MOON
CREEK, PUMPKIN CREEK, DAN RIVER AND SANDY CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3661 7944 3660 7943 3662 7941 3662 7937
3661 7937 3661 7935 3660 7935 3660 7933
3658 7933 3658 7932 3657 7932 3657 7934
3656 7934 3655 7935 3654 7934 3654 7930
3652 7930 3653 7946 3661 7945
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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