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WGUS41 KRNK 281309
FLWRNK
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
809 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024
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ALLEGHANY VA VA-BATH VA-CITY OF COVINGTON VA-GREENBRIER WV-
809 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITY, ALLEGHANY VA, BATH AND CITY OF
COVINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, GREENBRIER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 215 PM EST SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MULTIPLE ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 807 AM EST, RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGE DATA INDICATE
HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALLEGHANY, COVINGTON, LEWISBURG, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
RONCEVERTE, ALDERSON AND NEOLA.
- FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3773 8066 3808 8032 3804 8021 3806 7996
3811 7993 3813 7994 3818 7992 3826 7981
3821 7966 3775 7997 3761 8018 3765 8027
3769 8030 3769 8034 3771 8035 3769 8038
3772 8040 3768 8045
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