128  
WGUS81 KAKQ 170834  
FLSAKQ  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
434 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
VIRGINIA...  
 
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR DENDRON AFFECTING SURRY COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 400 PM EDT.  
 
 
 
VAC181-172000-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/DNDV2.1.ER.250716T1552Z.250717T0215Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
434 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR DENDRON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 36.3 FEET, JONES TOWN DRIVE AND WALLS BRIDGE ROAD  
BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:45 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 36.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.3 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 3:45 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 36.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL CRESTED OVERNIGHT, AND IS EXPECTED  
TO SLOWLY FALL TODAY.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 36.3 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
36.4 FEET ON 10/10/2016.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3703 7697 3710 7692 3702 7680 3694 7677  
3690 7687  
 
 
 
ZIMMERMAN  
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