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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1220 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT.
* AT 1220 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES 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...
BETHEL... INGRAM...
MILTON... ELMO...
LEDA... SEMORA...
CODY...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BANISTER RIVER, BARKER CREEK, BIG TOBY CREEK, ALLEN CREEK, BALLOUS
CREEK AND BIRCH 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 3649 7935 3652 7921 3685 7913 3687 7914
3688 7914 3689 7913 3695 7912 3698 7911
3699 7911 3700 7911 3700 7894 3654 7910
3654 7911 3654 7914 3650 7914 3644 7914
3643 7914 3645 7948
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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