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Weather Alerts: HALIFAX County, Virginia

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Flood Advisory
VAC083-192215-
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HALIFAX VA-
313 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 307 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE
MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF HALIFAX COUNTY.
INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WERE INDICATED IN THIS ACTIVITY...
PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR AROUND SOUTH BOSTON AND
SCOTTSBURG. THE RAINFALL WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES HAS
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY DURING THE
PAST HOUR AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE
SOUTH BOSTON...
HALIFAX...
CLOVER...
VIRGILINA...
AND ALTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED...OR
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING
WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3674 7869 3672 7867 3664 7871 3655 7873
3654 7905 3698 7885 3699 7882 3695 7878
3698 7877 3699 7875 3694 7873 3692 7875
3685 7867 3679 7869 3676 7867

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