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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
536 PM EDT SUN SEP 29 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT SUNDAY.
* AT 536 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY SHOWERS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLOYD... ROCKY KNOB RECREATION AREA...
ROCKY KNOB SUMMIT... MEADOWS OF DAN...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
EAST PRONG FURNACE CREEK, HOWELL CREEK, DAN RIVER, SMITH RIVER,
JACKS CREEK, ROCK CASTLE CREEK, POORHOUSE CREEK, IVY CREEK, LAUREL
FORK, DODD CREEK, LITTLE RIVER, NORTH FORK SMITH RIVER, PINE
CREEK, LITTLE CREEK, ROUND MEADOW CREEK AND SHOOTING CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3691 8033 3690 8024 3670 8035 3672 8041
3671 8042
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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