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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1259 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
VAC003-015-125-165-540-301100-
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ALBEMARLE VA-AUGUSTA VA-NELSON VA-ROCKINGHAM VA-CITY OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA-
1259 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA, ALBEMARLE, CITY OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND NELSON. IN WESTERN VIRGINIA, AUGUSTA AND
ROCKINGHAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 AM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1259 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 2 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLOTTESVILLE... CROZET...
SHIPMAN... SCHUYLER...
FREE UNION... WINTERGREEN...
AFTON... WESTMORELAND...
HOLLYMEAD... NELLYSFORD...
IVY... ARRINGTON...
ESMONT... LOVINGSTON...
COVESVILLE... FABER...
BATESVILLE... GREENFIELD...
NORTH GARDEN... ROCKFISH...
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
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.
LAT...LON 3812 7878 3829 7871 3822 7848 3804 7844
3793 7847 3778 7855 3774 7864 3770 7866
3768 7864 3770 7869 3764 7872 3763 7882
3754 7883 3754 7890 3768 7897 3772 7906
3777 7907 3779 7912 3790 7909 3796 7892
GEIGER
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