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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
834 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT SUNDAY.
* AT 834 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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...
HINTON... RAINELLE...
ALDERSON... RUPERT...
QUINWOOD... SANDSTONE...
MEADOW BLUFF...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ELIJAH BRANCH, FISHER CREEK, GREENBRIER RIVER, BIG CLEAR CREEK,
BEECH RUN, BOGGS CREEK, BUGGY BRANCH, BURNS RUN, EAGLE BRANCH, BIG
CREEK, BRADSHAW CREEK, BEAVER CREEK, BOONE CREEK AND BURDETTE
CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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 3795 8081 3799 8077 3803 8083 3806 8080
3808 8089 3810 8088 3808 8071 3814 8062
3792 8040 3772 8062 3773 8066 3757 8079
3769 8098 3771 8098 3769 8088 3774 8092
3778 8090 3782 8094 3787 8075
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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