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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
516 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
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CHARLOTTE VA-HALIFAX VA-
516 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 511 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS
EXITED THE AREA, LEAVING ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL.
HOWEVER, RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN 2.5 AND LOCALLY 4 INCHES
OF RAIN WERE OBSERVED EARLIER TONIGHT, MUCH OF IT FALLING
WITHIN ABOUT A 2 HOUR PERIOD. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL
REMAIN HIGH THROUGH 8 AM AS THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL
CONTINUES TO FLOW DOWN THESE WATERWAYS.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
DOUBLE BRANCH, GILLIAM BRANCH, ELLIS CREEK, DIFFICULT CREEK,
BUCKSKIN CREEK, ASH CAMP CREEK, ARMISTEAD BRANCH, EAST PRONG
DIFFICULT CREEK, BUSH FORD BRANCH, AUSTIN CREEK, HORSEPEN
CREEK, CATAWBA CREEK AND BLACK WALNUT CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE... NATHALIE...
DRAKES BRANCH... MT LAUREL...
SAXE... CRYSTAL HILL...
- FOR FLOODING SAFETY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
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 3692 7896 3705 7872 3705 7858 3696 7857
3689 7871 3681 7888
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