...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Virginia...West Virginia...
New River At Glen Lyn affecting Giles, Summers, Monroe and Mercer
Counties.
New River At Radford affecting Pulaski, Montgomery and City of
Radford independent cities.
New River AT Allisonia affecting Pulaski and Wythe Counties.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Virginia...
New River Near Galax affecting City of Galax, Grayson and Carroll
independent cities.
For the New River...including Galax, Allisonia, Radford, Glen Lyn,
Hinton...Major flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of flooding,
including mudslides or flooded roads, to the National Weather
Service by calling toll free at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports
and pictures can also be shared on the National Weather Service
Blacksburg Facebook page and on Twitter.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 930 PM EDT.
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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...New River at Glen Lyn.
* WHEN...Until late Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Low spots along route 649 (Lurich road)
upstream from the gage are flooded.
At 17.0 feet, Some campgrounds along the river are affected.
At 18.0 feet, Significant flooding of trailer campgrounds along
the New River. Flooding on Caboose Lane in Pembroke and Jason's
Circle in Narrows.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 23.1 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 11.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 8:30 AM EDT Saturday was 23.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 23.9
feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage late
tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
19.8 feet on 01/16/1995.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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