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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
917 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
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BUCKINGHAM VA-
917 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT TUESDAY
FOR EASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 917 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...
COOPER CREEK, HATCHER CREEK, JAMES RIVER, BEAR GARDEN CREEK, GILLS
CREEK, HALFWAY CREEK, GOLD MINE BRANCH, HORSEPEN CREEK, CROOKED
CREEK, COLE CREEK AND GEORGIA 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 3771 7829 3769 7827 3769 7824 3764 7825
3740 7843 3753 7857 3766 7848 3772 7834
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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