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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1215 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 AM EDT.
* AT 1215 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
STUART, WOOLWINE, SPENCER, BASSETT, PATRICK SPRINGS, CRITZ, BUFFALO
RIDGE, SANVILLE, CHARITY, PENNS STORE, FAIRY STONE STATE PARK,
PHILPOTT DAM, ROCKY KNOB RECREATION AREA, HORSE PASTURE AND
STANLEYTOWN.
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.
LAT...LON 3681 8005 3680 8004 3679 8004 3679 8003
3678 8003 3678 8001 3680 8001 3680 7996
3655 7995 3659 8045 3683 8033
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
RWH
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