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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
628 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
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HALIFAX VA-
628 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY...
AT 628 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
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 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 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
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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