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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
953 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010
...SIGNIFICANT RISES BUT NO FLOODING FORECAST ON AREA RIVERS...
DESPITE RAINFALL RANGING FROM 1 TO OVER 5 INCHES DURING THE 
PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS ACROSS THE BLACKSBURG HYDROLOGIC SERVICE 
AREA...NO FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE MAJOR RIVERS OF THE REGION.
SIGNIFICANT RISES IN RIVER STAGES WILL OCCUR TODAY AND INTO 
TOMORROW AS RUNOFF FROM THE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS ENTERS
THE LARGER RIVERS. STAGES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DAN...ROANOKE
...YADKIN...JAMES...AND NORTH FORK HOLSTON RIVERS MAY APPROACH 
OR EXCEED ACTION STAGES TODAY OR TOMORROW. ACTION STAGES ARE
TYPICALLY A FEW FEET BELOW THE MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
WITH NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN THE FORECAST MOST RIVERS
WILL BEGIN RECEDING BY EITHER TONIGHT OR OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
&&
 
                     FLD  OBSERVED         FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION             STG  STG  DAY TIME    THU    FRI    SAT
JACKSON RIVER
  COVINGTON CITY PAR  17   7.8 WED 08 AM    5.3    4.8       
UPPER JAMES
  LICK RUN            16   9.6 WED 07 AM    6.4    3.7       
  BUCHANAN            17   8.7 WED 09 AM   10.1    5.6       
  BUENA VISTA         17   5.5 WED 09 AM    4.6    3.2       
MIDDLE JAMES
  HOLCOMB ROCK        22   7.2 WED 09 AM   13.7    8.3    6.8
  BENT CREEK          16   3.3 WED 09 AM   10.5    7.1    5.4
  SCOTTSVILLE         20   3.6 WED 09 AM    7.1   10.0    7.1
NEW RIVER
  RADFORD             14   4.7 WED 09 AM    5.4    3.6    3.1
  HINTON              15   3.1 WED 09 AM    4.4    3.3    2.3
GREENBRIER RIVER
  ALDERSON            14   2.8 WED 08 AM    7.3    4.5    3.7
ROANOKE RIVER
  ROANOKE             10   3.5 WED 08 AM    3.0    1.8    1.6
  BROOKNEAL           23   9.2 WED 09 AM   14.5   12.6    9.0
  RANDOLPH            21   8.1 WED 09 AM   14.5   16.1   11.1
DAN RIVER
  DANVILLE            17   5.2 WED 09 AM    9.5    8.6    6.3
  PACES               20   3.6 WED 09 AM    8.3   11.8    7.0
  SOUTH BOSTON        19       MSG         11.0   16.5   12.3
YADKIN RIVER
  ELKIN               16  14.2 WED 09 AM    6.6    2.1    1.6
CLINCH RIVER
  RICHLANDS           10   6.1 WED 08 AM    4.0                 
NORTH FORK HOLSTON RIVER
  SALTVILLE           10   3.4 WED 07 AM    1.9    1.5    1.3
NOTE:THESE FORECASTS INCLUDE FLUCTUATIONS CAUSED BY KNOWN CHANGES IN 
RESERVOIR RELEASES.   FORECASTS INCLUDE ALL RAINFALL THROUGH 700 AM 
TODAY...AND THE EFFECTS OF PROJECTED RAINFALL THROUGH 700 AM 
TOMORROW.
DURING PERIODS OF HIGH WATER OR FLOODING...CREST FORECAST UPDATES MAY
BE OBTAINED IN RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS /WBCFLWRNK / AND RIVER FLOOD 
STATEMENTS /WBCFLSRNK/.
RIVER FORECAST HYDROGRAPHS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE BLACKSBURG NWS 
WEBSITE: WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/RNK. CLICK ON RIVERS & LAKES AHPS.