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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
741 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.
* AT 741 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
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...
ROCKY MOUNT... SONTAG...
WESTERN SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE... UNION HALL...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BLACKWATER RIVER, DOE RUN, BIG CHESTNUT CREEK, FURNACE CREEK, PIGG
RIVER, MAGGODEE CREEK, POWDER MILL CREEK, LITTLE DOE RUN AND
LITTLE CHESTNUT CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3693 7975 3689 7986 3696 7992 3700 7994
3706 7972
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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