869  
WGUS41 KRNK 281335  
FLWRNK  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
835 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...  
 
ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING CHARLOTTE AND  
HALIFAX COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER...INCLUDING ROANOKE, SANDY LEVEL, ALTAVISTA,  
BROOKNEAL, RANDOLPH...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.  
GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 845 PM EST.  
 

 
 
VAC037-083-290145-  
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0018.240129T1900Z-240131T0638Z/  
/RNDV2.1.ER.240129T1900Z.240130T0600Z.240130T1837Z.NO/  
835 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, WATER IS SEVERAL FEET DEEP ON PORTIONS OF  
RIVER ROAD AND BLACK WALNUT ROAD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM EST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 25.4 FEET EARLY  
TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3695 7885 3703 7882 3702 7872 3690 7866  
3680 7863 3680 7870  
 

 
 
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