805
WGUS51 KRNK 050249
FFWRNK
VAC021-197-050530-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0030.260805T0249Z-260805T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1049 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 1049 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 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...
WYTHEVILLE... BLAND...
KIMBERLING... FAVONIA...
LONG SPUR... MECHANICSBURG...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PEAK CREEK, EAST FORK STONY FORK, MILL CREEK, HUNTING CAMP CREEK,
LAUREL RUN, MUDLICK BRANCH, HELVEYS MILL CREEK, LITTLE WALKER
CREEK, CRAB ORCHARD CREEK, LAUREL CREEK, COVE CREEK AND KIMBERLING
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 3713 8090 3712 8091 3712 8093 3710 8092
3695 8104 3693 8124 3704 8122 3718 8109
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
AS
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page