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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
239 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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GREENBRIER WV-SUMMERS WV-
239 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, GREENBRIER AND SUMMERS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 236 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG CLEAR CREEK, ELIJAH BRANCH, BIG CREEK, BEECH RUN, EAGLE
BRANCH, BRADSHAW CREEK, BURNS RUN, BEAVER CREEK, FISHER
CREEK, BURDETTE CREEK, BUGGY BRANCH, BOGGS CREEK, GREENBRIER
RIVER AND BOONE CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HINTON, RAINELLE, ALDERSON, RUPERT, QUINWOOD, SANDSTONE AND
MEADOW BLUFF.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3769 8088 3774 8092 3778 8090 3782 8094
3787 8075 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
CDG
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