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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1105 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 1105 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IN BUCKINGHAM
COUNTY. COUNTY OFFICIALS CONFIRM A WATER RESCUE IS ONGOING.
BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUCKINGHAM... DILLWYN...
GOLD HILL... NEW CANTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COLE CREEK, COOPER CREEK, GILLS CREEK, BEAR GARDEN CREEK, GEORGIA
BRANCH, HALFWAY CREEK, CROOKED CREEK, GOLD MINE BRANCH, HATCHER
CREEK, JAMES RIVER AND HORSEPEN 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 3771 7829 3769 7827 3769 7824 3764 7825
3740 7843 3753 7857 3766 7848 3772 7834
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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