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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
635 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...
DAN RIVER NEAR WENTWORTH AFFECTING ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
FOR THE DAN RIVER...INCLUDING WENTWORTH, THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
NEAR DANVILLE, PACES, SOUTH BOSTON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED UNTIL THE FLOODING HAS ENDED THIS
EVENING AT 645 PM EST.
NCC157-282345-
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/WENN7.1.ER.240128T1617Z.240128T1800Z.240128T1831Z.NO/
635 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DAN RIVER NEAR WENTWORTH.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, MINOR FLOOD STAGE. FLOODING OF LOWLANDS
AND ONE OR TWO ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM EST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 19.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3637 7995 3641 7995 3650 7976 3646 7974
3641 7978 3637 7987
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