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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1037 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* AT 1037 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2 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...
DANVILLE... MARTINSVILLE...
CHATHAM... GRETNA...
CALLANDS... BLAIRS...
AXTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ALLEN CREEK, BEARSKIN CREEK AND BANISTER RIVER.
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 3682 7966 3685 7946 3698 7934 3701 7919
3689 7914 3664 7943 3654 7966 3655 7993
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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