Water Concerns

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION, FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, UNTIL THURSDAY 11 A. M.
SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE JAMES WERE RISING QUICKLY OR NEAR FLOOD. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED ALONG BACK CREEK AND THE BULLPASTURE RIVER IN BATH COUNTY, DUNLAP CREEK, POTTS CREEK AND THE COWPASTURE RIVER IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY. FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE MAURY NEAR LEXINGTON.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.