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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1116 AM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 1116 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 3 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...
BLUEFIELD... BLAND...
BASTIAN... BURKES GARDEN...
ROCKY GAP... POCAHONTAS...
AS WELL AS ABBS VALLEY, BOISSEVAIN, AND THE TRAILHEAD ATV RESORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BURKES GARDEN CREEK, EAST FORK COVE CREEK, EAST RIVER, CRANE
CREEK, CLINCH RIVER, BIG SPRING BRANCH, BLUE SPRING CREEK, CRAB
ORCHARD CREEK AND BLUESTONE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
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 3726 8150 3725 8148 3727 8145 3727 8142
3732 8139 3732 8137 3739 8133 3723 8095
3703 8118 3705 8122 3703 8126 3720 8158
3723 8151
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
CDG
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