150  
WGUS41 KAKQ 180437  
FLWAKQ  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
1237 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
VIRGINIA...  
 
BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR DENDRON AFFECTING SURRY COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.  
 

 
 
VAC181-181600-  
/O.EXT.KAKQ.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/DNDV2.1.ER.250716T1552Z.250717T0215Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1237 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...BLACKWATER RIVER NEAR DENDRON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 36.3 FEET, JONES TOWN DRIVE AND WALLS BRIDGE ROAD  
BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:45 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 36.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.3 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 11:45 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 36.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATER THIS MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 36.3 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
36.3 FEET ON 09/20/2004.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3703 7697 3710 7692 3702 7680 3694 7677  
3690 7687  
 

 
 
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