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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
523 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
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CHARLOTTE VA-
523 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY...
AT 523 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED
THE WARNED AREA, LEAVING ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL. HOWEVER,
RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING
IN LESS THAN A 2 HOUR PERIOD, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE TWITTYS CREEK
AND ROANOKE CREEK BASINS. FLASH FLOODING OF THESE CREEKS MAY BE
OCCURRING AS THEY BOTH DRAIN TOWARD THE STAUNTON RIVER.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE... DRAKES BRANCH...
SAXE...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BENTLEYS BRANCH, GILLIAM BRANCH, ASH CAMP CREEK, ROANOKE CREEK,
BUSH FORD BRANCH, REESES CREEK, HORSEPEN CREEK AND LITTLE HORSEPEN
CREEK.
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 3688 7869 3689 7870 3698 7868 3704 7864
3706 7855 3697 7853 3692 7862
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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