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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
423 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 AM EDT.
* AT 423 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
YANCEYVILLE... BETHEL...
PROVIDENCE... JERICHO...
PROSPECT HILL... CAMP SPRINGS...
MILTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COUNTRY LINE CREEK, CANE CREEK, BENTON BRANCH AND BURKES 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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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.
RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF
YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN,
ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM, BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM
OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER, MOVING EARTH, OR
ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
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 3625 7953 3654 7951 3654 7914 3624 7915
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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