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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
927 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...
NEW RIVER AT ALLISONIA AFFECTING PULASKI AND WYTHE COUNTIES.
FOR THE NEW RIVER...INCLUDING GALAX, ALLISONIA, RADFORD, GLEN LYN,
HINTON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED MONDAY MORNING AT 930 AM EDT.
VAC155-197-121330-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0001.261012T0328Z-261012T1500Z/
/ALSV2.1.ER.261012T0328Z.261012T0600Z.261012T1245Z.NO/
927 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NEW RIVER AT ALLISONIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, RIVER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW THE LEFT BANK AND
AFFECT CLARKS FERRY ROAD, ROUTE 653. WATER MAY ALREADY COVER PART
OF JULIA SIMPKINS ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 8.4 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.4
FEET ON 01/08/1946.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3685 8099 3702 8074 3699 8064 3692 8070
3687 8082 3685 8089
JCB
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