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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
856 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 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 900 PM EDT.
VAC181-190100-
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856 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 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 7:45 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 36.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.3 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:45 AM EDT FRIDAY WAS 36.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE TODAY
BEFORE CRESTING TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 36.3 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
36.4 FEET ON 01/21/1978.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3703 7697 3710 7692 3702 7680 3694 7677
3690 7687
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