- Flash Flood Warning for Roanoke County, Virginia
- Flash Flood Warning issued October 11 at 9:35PM EDT until October 12 at 1:30AM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 8:35 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 12:30 a.m.
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR
CASWELL...CAMPBELL...PITTSYLVANIA...AND BEDFORD COUNTIES...THE CITY
OF DANVILLE AND THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...
At 932 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated that heavy rain has ended
across the warned area. Flash flooding continues with the runoff
from Thursday`s heavy rain. Several roads remained closed due to
flooding. Many creeks and streams are out of their banks and
flooding.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lynchburg...
Danville...
Bedford...
Altavista...
and Yanceyville.
This includes The following Locations Liberty University, The
National D-Day Memorial, Danville Airport, and Lynchburg Airport.
- Flash Flood Warning for Roanoke County, Virginia
- Flash Flood Warning issued October 11 at 12:59PM EDT until October 11 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 11:59 a.m.
- Expires: Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 10 p.m.
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY FOR ROCKINGHAM...ROANOKE...HENRY AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...THE CITY OF ROANOKE AND THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...
At 1251 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
that heavy rain was still falling over the area. Radar and rain
gauges indicate that two to three inches of rain have already fallen
since 800 AM with the heaviest amounts across Roanoke and western
Franklin counties.
Flash flooding has been reported with numerous roads closed in
Roanoke County and four roads in Montgomery County with moving water
reported over Toms Creek Road in Blacksburg.
Larger streams and rivers are also rising rapidly across the warned
area including Mason Creek in Salem and the Roanoke River. The
Roanoke River at Salem Pump Station just rose above flood stage and
continues to rise.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area over the next several hours.