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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
625 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
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BOTETOURT VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
625 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN BOTETOURT AND WESTERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES...
AT 625 PM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THAT SOME STREAMS WERE STILL
RISING WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. SPECIFICALLY, BUFFALO CREEK AT MURAT
HAD INCREASED BY ABOUT 16 INCHES OVER THE PAST 90 MINUTES AND WAS
STILL RISING. WHILE RAIN WAS NOT FALLING IN THE WARNED AREA
CURRENTLY, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, POTENTIALLY HEAVY, IS POSSIBLE LATER
THIS EVENING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
GOSHEN... COLLIERSTOWN...
ROCKBRIDGE BATHS... NATURAL BRIDGE...
BROWNSBURG...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ALLEN CREEK, ALONE MILL CREEK, CABIN CREEK, BACK CREEK,
CALFPASTURE RIVER, BROAD CREEK, BLUE SUCK BRANCH, BUFFALO CREEK,
BIG HOLLOW BRANCH AND ALUM CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING,
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR FLOODED ROADS, TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3758 7975 3774 7971 3776 7967 3785 7961
3787 7965 3793 7961 3803 7951 3796 7927
3781 7946 3771 7949 3757 7960
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
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