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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Blacksburg VA

844 PM EDT Sun Jul 20 2025



The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Northwestern Smyth County in southwestern Virginia...



* Until 245 AM EDT Monday.



* At 844 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 

  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 

  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch 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...

  Marion...                          Saltville...

  Chilhowie...                       Sugar Grove...

  Broadford...                       Adwolf...

  Thomas Bridge...



This includes the following streams and drainages...

  Deans Branch, Dickey Creek, Locust Cove Creek, Laurel Creek, 

  Comers Creek, Little Tumbling Creek, Little River, Hungry Mother 

  Creek, Middle Fork Holston River, Laurel Springs Creek, Beaver 

  Creek, Marchant Creek, Crewey Branch, Campbell Creek, East Fork 

  Hopkins Branch and Georges Branch.



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.



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LAT...LON 3695 8180 3698 8171 3693 8168 3696 8162

      3677 8142 3674 8152 3676 8159 3674 8168

      3679 8170 3693 8184



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED



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CDG