Riverdale South Boston Va Flooding

Early tuesday morning the stage was 22 9 feet and rising.

Riverdale south boston va flooding. At that level the river would send floodwaters gushing into riverdale businesses and force the closure of u s. Wset south boston is underwater after recent flooding and residents are stuck waiting for it to start receding. Rising floodwaters closed off the riverdale commercial district on friday morning and shut down the busy 501 58 intersection saturday afternoon around 2 30 p m. Water approaches route 501.

Flooding begins in low lying agricultural land and woods. Route 501 begins to flood and number of businesses in the riverdale area are affected. The dan river in south boston is expected to crest at 29 9 feet above flood stage early sunday morning after two days of torrential rainfall in the region. South boston va 24592 phone.

A flood warning continues for the dan river at south boston until late friday night. Flood stage is 19 feet moderate flood stage is 25. The national weather service in blacksburg reported flash flooding wednesday in areas of halifax and pittsylvania counties. That luck could run out this week especially if as predicted by the national weather service in blacksburg the dan river crests at 30 feet above flood stage or higher in south boston.

58 at the 501 intersection. A normally quiet town is dealing with a big problem. Flooding from the dan river has closed the intersection of u s. Weather south boston southside flooding south boston va.

A storm that brought soaking rain to local areas has long moved out but the water it dumped is still working its way out. Flooding closes intersection of routes 501 and 58. At the south boston wastewater treatment plant 3 25 inches of rain had fallen by 6 a m. One segment of a major highway is closed in halifax county because of flooding.

501 in riverdale. By 4 p m the plant measured 6 6 inches of rainfall for the day. The dan river left its banks wednesday morning in the riverdale area just south of downtown south boston. Pounding rainfall resumed later in the afternoon.

A number of businesses in the riverdale area are affected.