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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
532 AM EST WED FEB 19 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 RANDOLPH...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 530 PM EST.
VAC037-083-192230-
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532 AM EST WED FEB 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, WATER IS SEVERAL FEET DEEP ON PORTIONS OF
RIVER ROAD AND BLACK WALNUT ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:45 AM EST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:45 AM EST WEDNESDAY WAS 27.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 13.0 FEET SUNDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3695 7885 3703 7882 3702 7872 3690 7866
3680 7863 3680 7870
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