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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
339 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
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HALIFAX VA-
339 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
...FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY UPSTREAM DAM RELEASE CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, HALIFAX.
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* 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. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL
THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 339 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING DUE
TO A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE WILL CONTINUE.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
COLEMAN CREEK, BIG BLUEWING CREEK, DAN RIVER, GRASSY CREEK,
HYCO RIVER, AARONS CREEK, BOWES BRANCH AND BALES SPRING
BRANCH.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLUSTER SPRINGS.
- 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.
LAT...LON 3666 7870 3666 7871 3665 7871 3664 7871
3654 7885 3654 7887 3654 7901 3663 7889
3669 7876 3669 7874 3668 7871 3667 7870
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