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WGUS81 KRNK 071847
FLSRNK
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
247 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...
DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON AFFECTING HALIFAX COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. ALSO, CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR
RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 215 AM EDT.
VAC083-080615-
/O.EXT.KRNK.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-250708T0602Z/
/SBNV2.1.ER.250707T1750Z.250707T1800Z.250707T1802Z.NO/
247 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2025
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, WATER APPROACHES HIGHWAY 501 BETWEEN ROUTE
58 AND THE DAN RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:00 PM EDT MONDAY WAS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY NEAR CREST JUST ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE, AND IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
22.0 FEET ON 01/25/2017.
- FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3660 7898 3672 7902 3675 7884 3668 7879
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