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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
916 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
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APPOMATTOX VA-
916 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR
APPOMATTOX COUNTY...
AT 916 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 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...
APPOMATTOX... APPOMATTOX NATIONAL HISTORIC
PARK...
OAKVILLE... EVERGREEN...
SPOUT SPRING... TOWER HILL...
STONEWALL...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
APPOMATTOX RIVER, BEAR BRANCH, BEAVERPOND BRANCH, BOWLER CREEK,
BENT CREEK, BLACKFOOT CREEK, FALLING RIVER, ABBOTT BRANCH,
CALDWELLS CREEK AND DAVID 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 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
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