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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1126 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EDT SUNDAY.
* AT 1126 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN SURRY COUNTY, WESTERN STOKES
COUNTY, AND SOUTHWEST PATRICK COUNTY. BETWEEN 4 AND LOCALLY 7
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE ARARAT RIVER
BASIN, WHICH IS NOW QUICKLY RISING NEAR THE TOWN OF MT. AIRY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNT AIRY... FLAT ROCK...
PILOT MOUNTAIN... DANBURY...
FRANCISCO... ARARAT...
CANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ARARAT RIVER AND ARCHIES 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 8063 3666 8059 3664 8054 3665 8049
3675 8044 3674 8040 3666 8037 3663 8032
3645 8026 3640 8014 3642 8031 3631 8036
3624 8046 3626 8047 3626 8053 3628 8054
3628 8057 3652 8067 3656 8067 3656 8061
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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