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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1030 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
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ALBEMARLE VA-AUGUSTA VA-NELSON VA-ROCKINGHAM VA-CITY OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA-
1030 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* 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 300 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SEVERAL
STREAMS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDING THE MECHUMS RIVER
AROUND WHITE HALL WHERE WATER IS LIKELY REACHING STRUCTURES ALONG
FREE UNION ROAD. WATER HAS ALSO REACHED THE CAMPGROUND NEAR THE
MOORMANS RIVER AROUND FREE UNION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1028 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT
INTO THIS MORNING.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLOTTESVILLE... CROZET...
SCHUYLER... FREE UNION...
WINTERGREEN... AFTON...
WESTMORELAND... HOLLYMEAD...
NELLYSFORD... IVY...
ESMONT... LOVINGSTON...
BATESVILLE... NORTH GARDEN...
YANCEY MILLS... COVESVILLE...
GREENWOOD... ALBERENE...
WHITE HALL... FLORDON...
- 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 3796 7892 3812 7878 3829 7871 3822 7848
3804 7844 3793 7847 3778 7855 3774 7864
3770 7866 3770 7869 3783 7897 3792 7902
BJL
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