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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1221 PM EST WED FEB 19 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 1230 AM EST.
VAC037-083-200530-
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1221 PM EST WED FEB 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROANOKE (STAUNTON) RIVER AT RANDOLPH.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM EST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.6 FEET AND
FALLING.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE WAS AT 4:00 PM EST
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, AND WAS 27.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.0 FEET MONDAY
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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