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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
301 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
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HALIFAX VA-
301 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, HALIFAX.
* WHEN...UNTIL 530 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 255 AM EDT, WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RECEDE THIS MORNING
AFTER 3 TO LOCALLY 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME ON MONDAY EVENING, CAUSING SOME ROADS TO BE
IMPASSIBLE DUE TO FLOODING. FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING
AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, WHICH
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SEE GIVEN THE DARKNESS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTH BOSTON, HALIFAX, INGRAM AND SCOTTSBURG.
- 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.
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 3674 7878 3669 7879 3668 7902 3673 7917
3675 7917 3678 7916 3682 7888
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