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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
532 PM EDT WED SEP 22 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* AT 532 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...
BUCHANAN... GLASGOW...
NATURAL BRIDGE... ARCADIA...
PEAKS OF OTTER SUMMIT...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
VMI.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BUFFALO CREEK, COLD RUN, BROAD CREEK, BIG HOLLOW BRANCH, CORNELIUS
CREEK, BACK RUN, BIG OTTER RIVER, DAVIDSON RUN, ALONE MILL CREEK
AND DRY BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3789 7947 3782 7923 3763 7940 3761 7944
3760 7944 3761 7942 3739 7959 3742 7973
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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