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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
612 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* AT 612 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
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...
ALTAVISTA... HURT...
EVINGTON... RUSTBURG...
CONCORD... PENHOOK...
HODGES...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BUFFALO BRANCH, CARTER MILL CREEK, BEAVERPOND BRANCH, BIG OTTER
RIVER, BUFFALO CREEK, BEAR CREEK, BUTTOM CREEK, BURTON CREEK AND
BACK CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3701 7973 3739 7908 3739 7906 3740 7906
3741 7905 3732 7895 3729 7895 3729 7894
3728 7893 3725 7892 3725 7888 3721 7885
3710 7919 3693 7963
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
AS
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