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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1010 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 1007 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN REPEATEDLY TRACKING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN THIS AREA FROM PREVIOUS REPEATED
HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUCKINGHAM...
APPOMATTOX...
BENT CREEK...
APPOMATTOX NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK...
AND CENTENARY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ALABAMA CREEK...
SYCAMORE CREEK...
NORTH RIVER...
CALDWELLS CREEK...
AND STEVENS RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
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 3728 7893 3743 7902 3749 7894 3750 7895
3750 7892 3754 7886 3754 7882 3763 7882
3764 7872 3767 7872 3768 7869 3770 7869
3768 7866 3768 7864 3771 7865 3775 7862
3776 7851 3780 7850 3775 7844 3771 7833
RAB
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