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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1244 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
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BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-
BUCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FINCASTLE, LYNCHBURG, APPOMATTOX,
AMHERST, BUENA VISTA, BEDFORD, AND LEXINGTON
1244 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA,
AMHERST, APPOMATTOX, BUCKINGHAM AND CAMPBELL. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, BEDFORD. IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, BOTETOURT AND
ROCKBRIDGE.
* WHEN...FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ON
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED FLASH
FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
BMG
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