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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
317 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024
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CASWELL NC-HALIFAX VA-
317 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHERN CASWELL AND WESTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...
AT 317 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF GOLDEN LEAF AND TOBACCO ROAD 3 MILES EAST OF CODY.
UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING.
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...
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...OBSERVED
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