Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Blacksburg, VA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
1120 AM  EDT  FRI APR 24 1987

         ...ROANOKE RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE AT ROANOKE...

AT 11 AM THE ROANOKE RIVER AT THE WALNUT STREET BRIDGE IN ROANOKE
HAD REACHED 7.6 FT AND WAS STILL RISING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
REACH A TEMPORARY CREST BY 3 PM AROUND 9 FT..WHICH IS ONLY ONE FT
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

HOWEVER..MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY AND MAY CONTINUE OFF AND ON INTO
TONIGHT. THE RAIN COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. IF SO..THE
ROANOKE RIVER WILL LIKELY RISE PAST THE FLOOD STAGE WITH MODERATE
FLOODING OCCURRING BY MIDNIGHT. THOSE PERSONS OR BUSINESSES ALONG
THE RIVER AND MAJOR TRIBUTARIES SUCH AS MASONS ANxD TINKER CREEK
ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO AND TELEVISION OR RADIO TO
KEEP ABREAST OF THE SITUATION. $$
HM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
115PM    EDT  FRI APR 24 1987

         ...ROANOKE RIVER APPROACHING TEMPORARY CREST...

AT 1 PM THE ROANOKE RIVER AT THE WALNUT STREET BRIDGE WAS JUST
BELOW 8 FT.  IT IS STILL RISING..BUT SLOWLY.. AND APPEARS TO BE
HEADING FOR A MIDAFTERNOON CREST OF ABOUT 9 FT..STILL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE WHICH IS 10 FT.

MORE RAIN IS FALLING AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OFF AND ON INTO TONIGHT.
IN FACT..A HEAVY SHOWER WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE
RIVER THE PAST HOUR. THE RIVER SHOULD REMAIN MORE OR LESS STEADY THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON..BUT WITH MORE RAIN COMING IT WILL LIKELY
RESUME A RISE TO A FOOT OR TWO PAST FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
A WARNING IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY.$$
MCINTOSH

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