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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
834 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.
* AT 834 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. 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...
BUCKINGHAM... DILLWYN...
GOLD HILL... NEW CANTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COLE CREEK, COOPER CREEK, GILLS CREEK, BEAR GARDEN CREEK, GEORGIA
BRANCH, HALFWAY CREEK, CROOKED CREEK, GOLD MINE BRANCH, HATCHER
CREEK, JAMES RIVER AND HORSEPEN CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
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 3771 7829 3769 7827 3769 7824 3764 7825
3740 7843 3753 7857 3766 7848 3772 7834
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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