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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
114 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 430 AM EDT.
* AT 114 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE SLATE
RIVER AT ARVONIA WHICH WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. BETWEEN 3 AND 7
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE MONDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
SLATE RIVER AT ARVONIA
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
GOLD MINE BRANCH, HORSEPEN CREEK, COLE CREEK, CROOKED CREEK,
COOPER CREEK, GILLS CREEK, HATCHER CREEK, GEORGIA BRANCH, HALFWAY
CREEK, JAMES RIVER AND BEAR GARDEN 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...OBSERVED
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