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WGUS81 KRNK 070415
FLSRNK
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1215 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
VAC143-590-071015-
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PITTSYLVANIA VA-CITY OF DANVILLE VA-
1215 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY AND INDEPENDENT CITY, CITY OF DANVILLE AND
PITTSYLVANIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 615 AM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS
OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1215 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DAN RIVER, BUCKHORN BRANCH, CANE CREEK, BARKER CREEK, BIG
TOBY CREEK, CHILDRESS CREEK AND BIRCH CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DANVILLE... BLAIRS...
WESTOVER HILLS... RINGGOLD...
KEELING...
- 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.
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 7958 3676 7918 3654 7922 3654 7925
3654 7933 3654 7934 3654 7938 3654 7942
3654 7959
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