2024-10-02 Local Emergency Declaration (Tornado Recovery) PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2024-10-02
LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION (TORNADO RECOVERY)
VIRGINIA: At Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Business Meeting
on October 15, 2024, the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS,in the early afternoon hours of September 27,2024,due to the Hurricane Helene
weather event,an F2 tornado touched down in the Dry Fork and Callands Communities of Pittsylvania
County, Virginia ("County"), stretching over six (6) miles from/between W.I. Powell Rd, Dry Fork
Road, Irish Road, Bearskin Road, and North Flint Hill Road; and
WHEREAS, due to the above, Christopher T. Key, County Director of Emergency
Management/Public Safety, does/did hereby find:
1. Due to the Hurricane Helene weather event, the County faced dangerous
conditions; and
2. Due to the above severe weather event conditions of extreme peril to life and
property,property damage, and storm cleanup, it is necessary to proclaim the existence of a Local
Emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED/RESOLVED that the Board
formally proclaims a Local Emergency does now/or did exists throughout the County; and
BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED/RESOLVED that during the existence of said Local
Emergency, which shall be for six (6) months from September 27, 2024, the powers, functions,
and duties of the County Emergency Management Organization shall be/were those prescribed by
State Law and the Ordinances, Resolutions, and approved plans of the County to mitigate the
effects of said Emergency; and
Given under my hand this 15th d( tO " t1dfSsors
2024.
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Clerk, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
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