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EXPIRED1/28/2024 8:28:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Likely
1/28/2024 8:28:00 AM until 1/29/2024 1:00:00 PM
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 830 PM EST.
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg VA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in North Carolina...Virginia...
Dan River at the sewage treatment plant near Danville affecting
Pittsylvania, Rockingham, City of Danville and Caswell
independent cities.
Dan River at South Boston affecting Halifax County.
Dan River at Paces affecting Halifax County.
For the Dan River...including Wentworth, the sewage treatment plant
near Danville, Paces, South Boston...Minor flooding is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Dan River at the sewage treatment plant near Danville.
* WHEN...From this evening to early tomorrow afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Flooding begins at River District Towers.
Minor flooding along River Street begins.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 AM EST Sunday the stage was 15.2 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 17.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening to a crest of 21.3 feet. It will then fall below
flood stage just after midnight tonight.
- Flood stage is 21.0 feet.
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