CANCELED – CANCELED – CANCELED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
348 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN STILL EXPECTED THIS TODAY…
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SLOWLY ALONG A STATIONARY COASTAL FRONT
AND COMBINE WITH DEEP MOISTURE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. FORECAST RAINFALL
AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY LOWERED RESULTING IN A REDUCED RIVER
FLOOD THREAT.
VAZ010>020-022>024-032>035-043-031600-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-151004T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BLAND…PEARISBURG…WYTHEVILLE…
RADFORD…PULASKI…BLACKSBURG…INDEPENDENCE…WHITETOP…
TROUTDALE…VOLNEY…GALAX…FLOYD…NEW CASTLE…CLIFTON FORGE…
COVINGTON…HOT SPRINGS…ROANOKE…SALEM…FINCASTLE…
LEXINGTON…BUENA VISTA…STUART…ROCKY MOUNT…BEDFORD…
AMHERST…MARTINSVILLE
348 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA…SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA…
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING IN CENTRAL …VIRGINIA…AMHERST. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA…BEDFORD AND HENRY. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA…BLAND…
CARROLL…CRAIG…FLOYD…GILES…GRAYSON…MONTGOMERY…
PATRICK…PULASKI AND WYTHE. IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA…
ALLEGHANY VA…BATH…BOTETOURT…FRANKLIN…ROANOKE AND
ROCKBRIDGE.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THIS RAIN WILL BE
FALLING ON SOIL THAT IS COMPLETELY SATURATED. THIS WILL LEAD TO
MUCH OF THE RAIN RUNNING OFF INTO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
* IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING…SOME AREA
RIVERS COULD FLOOD. CURRENT RIVER FORECASTS BASED ON THE
ANTICIPATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL SHOW MINOR FLOODING ON THE
UPPER ROANOKE FROM ABOVE ROANOKE DOWNSTREAM TO SMITH MOUNTAIN
LAKE. LOWERED RAINFALL FORECASTS NOW SUGGEST THAT THE UPPER
JAMES AND PARTS OF NEW RIVER MAY NOT REACH FLOOD STAGE BUT
COULD STILL RISE VERY CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE.
TREES COULD ALSO BE TOPPLED GIVEN THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS AND
GUSTY NORTHEAST BREEZES EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF
YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO LANDSLIDES…HEAD TOWARD HIGHER
GROUND AWAY FROM STREAMS…RIVERS…AND STEEP SLOPES.
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
348 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN STILL EXPECTED THIS TODAY…
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SLOWLY ALONG A STATIONARY COASTAL FRONT
AND COMBINE WITH DEEP MOISTURE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. FORECAST RAINFALL
AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY LOWERED RESULTING IN A REDUCED RIVER
FLOOD THREAT.
NCZ005-006-VAZ044>047-058-059-031600-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-151004T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…EDEN…YANCEYVILLE…DANVILLE…
LYNCHBURG…APPOMATTOX…SOUTH BOSTON…KEYSVILLE
348 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA…
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN NORTH …CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA…
CASWELL AND ROCKINGHAM. IN VIRGINIA…APPOMATTOX…
BUCKINGHAM…CAMPBELL…CHARLOTTE…HALIFAX AND PITTSYLVANIA.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* AN ADDITIONAL HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED…WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON SOIL THAT
WAS COMPLETELY SATURATED. THIS WILL LEAD TO MUCH OF THE RAIN
RUNNING OFF INTO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND CAUSING RAPID
RISES AND FLOODING.
* IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING…SOME AREA RIVERS
ARE ALSO LIKELY TO FLOOD. CURRENT RIVER FORECASTS BASED ON THE
ANTICIPATED RAINFALL SHOW PARTS OF THE LOWER ROANOKE AND DAN
RIVERS EITHER RISING BACK OVER FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING OR
RISING TO A HIGHER CATEGORY IN THE LOWER DAN.
TREES COULD ALSO BE TOPPLED GIVEN THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS AND
GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
