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WGUS81 KRNK 070311
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1111 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025
VAC083-071215-
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HALIFAX VA-
1111 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, HALIFAX.
* WHEN...UNTIL 815 AM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. WATER OVER
ROADWAYS. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1111 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BALES SPRING BRANCH, AARONS CREEK, BARKER CREEK, BIRCH CREEK,
BIG TOBY CREEK, BANISTER RIVER, BALLOUS CREEK AND BIG
BLUEWING CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTH BOSTON... VIRGILINA...
TURBEVILLE... INGRAM...
MILTON... CLUSTER SPRINGS...
ALTON...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
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 X.
LAT...LON 3670 7864 3667 7862 3664 7856 3663 7855
3664 7858 3669 7865 3669 7868 3668 7870
3666 7870 3664 7871 3658 7872 3657 7873
3655 7874 3655 7873 3654 7874 3654 7922
3676 7917 3670 7865
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