Roanoke River at Brookneal, VA
River level and flood forecast · Campbell County
The river is 18.6 ft below flood stage (23 ft).
Forecast to rise to 5.2 ft Tue 8 AM, below the 23 ft flood stage.
Flow: 878 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 11:18 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 30 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 27 ft |
| Flood stage | 23 ft |
| Action stage | 20 ft |
| Record crest (September 9, 1987) | 39.8 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 40 ftBase of Radio tower on Radio Road, and sewage treatment pond begin to flood.
- 32 ftBuilding #1 on Radio Road floods.
- 30 ftLower or southeast end of Radio Road floods.
- 28 ftBrookneal Fish Hatchery pond furthest downstream begins to flood.
- 23 ftLow-lying fields and woods are flooded.
Highest crests on record
- 39.8 ft — September 9, 1987
- 37.47 ft — September 19, 1944
- 37.15 ft — August 12, 1928
- 35 ft — June 23, 1995
- 34.51 ft — November 12, 2020
Recent crests: 20.99 ft (September 26, 2024) · 27.57 ft (January 10, 2024) · 17.66 ft (July 16, 2023) · 20.06 ft (April 29, 2023) · 20.08 ft (December 5, 2020)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (BROV2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.