263  
WGUS41 KRNK 281328  
FLWRNK  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
828 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...VIRGINIA...  
 
DAN RIVER AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NEAR DANVILLE AFFECTING  
PITTSYLVANIA, ROCKINGHAM, CITY OF DANVILLE AND CASWELL  
INDEPENDENT CITIES.  
 
DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON AFFECTING HALIFAX COUNTY.  
 
DAN RIVER AT PACES AFFECTING HALIFAX 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.  
 
FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.  
GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 830 PM EST.  
 

 
 
NCC033-157-VAC143-590-290130-  
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0015.240128T2316Z-240129T1800Z/  
/DVLV2.1.ER.240128T2316Z.240129T0000Z.240129T0600Z.UU/  
828 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...DAN RIVER AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NEAR DANVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS AT RIVER DISTRICT TOWERS.  
MINOR FLOODING ALONG RIVER STREET BEGINS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM EST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 21.3 FEET. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3646 7974 3650 7976 3664 7941 3663 7920  
3648 7923 3650 7949  
 

 
 
VAC083-290130-  
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0016.240129T0524Z-240131T1328Z/  
/SBNV2.1.ER.240129T0524Z.240130T0600Z.240131T0127Z.NO/  
828 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, HIGHWAY 501 BETWEEN ROUTE 58 AND THE DAN  
RIVER IS CLOSED AS IT IS COVERED BY UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 AM EST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 24.8 FEET EARLY  
TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3660 7898 3672 7902 3675 7884 3668 7879  
 

 
 
VAC083-290130-  
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0017.240129T1800Z-240130T1200Z/  
/PCEV2.1.ER.240129T1800Z.240129T1800Z.240130T0000Z.NO/  
828 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...DAN RIVER AT PACES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS ARE  
FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM EST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 22.0  
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3648 7923 3663 7920 3672 7902 3660 7898  
3656 7911  
 

 
 
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