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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
842 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...

  DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON AFFECTING HALIFAX COUNTY


FOR THE DAN RIVER...INCLUDING SOUTH BOSTON...MINOR FLOODING IS 
FORECAST.

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT RISE ALONG THE DAN RIVER. THE RIVER AT SOUTH 
BOSTON IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 19 FEET MONDAY 
AFTERNOON...CRESTING AROUND 20 FEET LATE MONDAY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THE WATER MAY BE MUCH DEEPER 
THAN YOU THINK.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

 
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842 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON.
* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 07PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS...9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY LATE MONDAY EVENING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.4 FEET ON APR 15 
  2004.

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