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  • Flood Warning for Montgomery County, Virginia
  • Flood Warning issued October 12 at 1:23PM EDT until October 12 at 8:57PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 1:23 p.m.
  • Expires: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 8:57 p.m.
  • ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
    Virginia...North Carolina...
    Pigg River Near Sandy Level affecting Pittsylvania County
    Roanoke (Staunton) River At Brookneal affecting Campbell...Charlotte
    and Halifax Counties
    Roanoke (Staunton) River at Randolph affecting Charlotte and Halifax
    Counties
    Dan River Near Wentworth affecting Rockingham County
    Dan River near Danville affecting Caswell...Rockingham...
    and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville
    Dan River at Paces affecting Halifax County
    Dan River at South Boston affecting Halifax County
    ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
    Virginia...West Virginia..
    New River At Radford affecting Montgomery...Pulaski Counties and City of
    Radford
    New River At Glen Lyn affecting Giles...Mercer...Monroe and
    Summers Counties
    Runoff from the very heavy rainfall associated with Hurricane
    Michael continues.
    the Flood Warning continues for
    the New River At Radford.
    * until this evening.
    * at noon Friday the stage was 14.9 feet and falling.
    * Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
    * The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by this
    afternoon.
    * Impact...at 14.0 feet...Riverside parking lots are affected
    * Flood history...The river crested at 23.8 feet at 230AM Friday,
    October 12. This was the seventh highest crest on record and this
    crest compares to a previous crest of 24.0 feet feet on Jan 15 1995.
    More recently, the river crested at 21.1 feet on Jan 31 2013.
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