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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
203 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
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HALIFAX VA-
203 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY...
AT 203 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 3.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
SOUTH BOSTON... VIRGILINA...
TURBEVILLE... INGRAM...
MILTON... CLUSTER SPRINGS...
ALTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BALES SPRING BRANCH, BIRCH CREEK, BIG TOBY CREEK, AARONS CREEK,
BIG BLUEWING CREEK, BALLOUS CREEK, BARKER CREEK AND BANISTER RIVER.
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 3669 7868 3668 7870 3666 7870 3664 7871
3658 7872 3657 7873 3655 7874 3654 7874
3654 7922 3676 7917 3670 7865 3669 7865
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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