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WGUS81 KRNK 190022
FLSRNK
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
722 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...
ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING CHARLOTTE AND
HALIFAX COUNTIES.
FOR THE ROANOKE RIVER...INCLUDING 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 730 AM EST.
VAC037-083-191230-
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722 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, WATER IS SEVERAL FEET DEEP ON PORTIONS OF
RIVER ROAD AND BLACK WALNUT ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.7 FEET AND FALLING.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:45 PM EST TUESDAY WAS 27.7 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
26.6 FEET ON 04/12/1983.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3695 7885 3703 7882 3702 7872 3690 7866
3680 7863 3680 7870
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