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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
758 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* AT 758 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 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...
APPOMATTOX... APPOMATTOX NATIONAL HISTORIC
PARK...
OAKVILLE... EVERGREEN...
SPOUT SPRING... TOWER HILL...
STONEWALL...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
APPOMATTOX RIVER, DAVID CREEK, BLACKFOOT CREEK, BENT CREEK, ABBOTT
BRANCH, BOWLER CREEK, CALDWELLS CREEK, FALLING RIVER, BEAR BRANCH
AND BEAVERPOND BRANCH.
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 3722 7885 3723 7886 3724 7886 3724 7887
3732 7896 3737 7898 3738 7899 3739 7900
3740 7900 3752 7879 3752 7878 3751 7877
3736 7865
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
AS
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