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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
749 PM EDT SUN SEP 29 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE EASTERN CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY.
* AT 749 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
DANVILLE... CHATHAM...
GRETNA... INGRAM...
MT AIRY... BLAIRS...
JAVA...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DANVILLE AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BARKER CREEK, ALLEN CREEK, BIRD CREEK, BIG TOBY CREEK, BANISTER
RIVER AND BIRCH CREEK.
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.
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 3704 7938 3705 7938 3706 7922 3662 7912
3656 7939 3679 7939
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
AS
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