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WGUS81 KAKQ 171942
FLSAKQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
342 PM 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 EVENING AT 815 PM EDT.
VAC181-180015-
/O.EXT.KAKQ.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-250718T0015Z/
/DNDV2.1.ER.250716T1552Z.250717T0215Z.250717T1815Z.NO/
342 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR DENDRON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 36.3 FEET, JONES TOWN DRIVE AND WALLS BRIDGE ROAD
BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:45 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 36.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 36.3 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
36.3 FEET ON 03/08/1984.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3703 7697 3710 7692 3702 7680 3694 7677
3690 7687
EI
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