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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
806 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT.
* AT 806 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 OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES 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...
HILLSVILLE... FANCY GAP...
CANA... GLADESBORO...
WOODLAWN... LAMBSBURG...
PIPERS GAP...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
EAST FORK CROOKED CREEK, BURKS FORK, EAST FORK LITTLE REED ISLAND
CREEK, GRASSY CREEK, CHESTNUT CREEK, GARNERS CREEK, CRANBERRY
CREEK, ELK SPUR BRANCH, BIG REED ISLAND CREEK, BRUSHY FORK AND
CROOKED 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 3656 8084 3664 8090 3687 8076 3674 8052
3666 8059 3665 8060 3664 8060 3662 8062
3656 8064 3656 8070
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
PW
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