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WGUS81 KRNK 181415
FLSRNK
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
915 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...
ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING HALIFAX AND
CHARLOTTE COUNTIES.
FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER...INCLUDING ROANOKE, SANDY LEVEL, ALTAVISTA,
BROOKNEAL, RANDOLPH...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 915 PM EST.
VAC037-083-190215-
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915 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.2 FEET AND SLOWLY
FALLING.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:45 AM EST TUESDAY WAS 27.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 13.0 FEET SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
27.6 FEET ON 01/11/2024.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3695 7885 3703 7882 3702 7872 3690 7866
3680 7863 3680 7870
AMS
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