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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
838 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* AT 838 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2.5 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...
GRETNA... AJAX...
SAGO... CLIMAX...
PITTSVILLE... SNOW CREEK...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CHERRYSTONE CREEK, CRAB CREEK, BEAVER CREEK, DITTO BRANCH, DINNER
CREEK, FIRST FORK, BIG CHESTNUT CREEK, BEARSKIN CREEK, CEDAR
CREEK, FRYINGPAN CREEK, GEORGES CREEK, BANISTER RIVER AND FINNEY
BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3680 7979 3679 7981 3689 7980 3703 7939
3698 7933 3684 7946 3682 7965 3686 7964
3683 7966 3683 7967 3683 7969 3682 7972
3681 7974 3680 7975 3680 7977
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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