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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
136 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY VA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT SUNDAY.
* AT 136 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ON MIDLAND TRAIL IN LEWISBURG. BETWEEN 3 AND
4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO
2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
ALLEGHANY... LEWISBURG...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... RONCEVERTE...
JORDAN MINES... ROARING MOUNTAIN SUMMIT...
EARLEHURST...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DUNLAP CREEK, CROW RUN, CRAIG CREEK, BOULDER RUN, CHRISTLEYS RUN,
BENS RUN, DRY CREEK, BARBOURS CREEK, COVE BRANCH, COVE CREEK, DRY
BRANCH AND BLUE SPRING RUN.
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.
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.
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 3786 8047 3772 8002 3752 8009 3769 8051
3773 8059
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
CB
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