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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
915 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
VAC019-031-067-143-010415-
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BEDFORD VA-CAMPBELL VA-FRANKLIN VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
915 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT TUESDAY
FOR CAMPBELL, SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD, NORTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA AND
EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 915 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
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 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 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
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