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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
720 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
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APPOMATTOX VA-BEDFORD VA-CAMPBELL VA-CHARLOTTE VA-HALIFAX VA-
PITTSYLVANIA VA-
720 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA, APPOMATTOX AND
CAMPBELL. IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, BEDFORD, CHARLOTTE, HALIFAX
AND PITTSYLVANIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 720 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ARMISTEAD BRANCH, ASH CAMP CREEK, BACK CREEK, AUSTIN CREEK,
BANISTER RIVER AND ALLEN CREEK.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALTAVISTA... HALIFAX...
HURT... CHATHAM...
GRETNA... BROOKNEAL...
CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3725 7901 3725 7868 3720 7869 3719 7869
3720 7867 3719 7864 3717 7863 3716 7862
3715 7860 3714 7859 3715 7856 3715 7855
3683 7856 3677 7875 3676 7917 3674 7951
3708 7955
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