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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
559 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
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AUGUSTA VA-NELSON VA-CITY OF WAYNESBORO VA-
559 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA, NELSON. IN WESTERN
VIRGINIA, AUGUSTA AND CITY OF WAYNESBORO.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 559 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... STUARTS DRAFT...
SHERANDO... MONTEBELLO...
FISHERSVILLE... LYNDHURST...
GREENVILLE...
- 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 3793 7922 3794 7922 3814 7902 3812 7893
3809 7892 3807 7889 3796 7889 3795 7895
3791 7904 3791 7908 3780 7912 3781 7914
3781 7917 3782 7916 3784 7916 3786 7914
3787 7915 3789 7915 3791 7918
GEIGER
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