Local emergency declared in Culpeper Co., Va. for flooding

CULPEPER COUNTY, VA -- A local emergency was declared in Culpeper County, Va. on Friday after many roads were closed due to flooding and high waters.

The Culpeper County Sheriff's Office took to Twitter on Friday to advise the public to stay off the roads and to not drive through standing or moving water.

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The sheriff's office tweeted a photo of cars being submerged in water on Monumental Mills Road in Culpeper County.

One community that was hit particularly hard was Rapidan, Virginia. The community is located next the Rapidan River, which is in major flood stage near Culpeper according to the National Weather Service.

Floodwaters in Rapidan surrounded homes, a church and farmland.

Rapidan resident Justin Leary, 21, said he had never seen flooding to the extent that he saw Friday.

“The cleanup is going to be absolutely horrible,” he said.

The following roads are currently closed with high water in Culpeper County:

1. 11024 Jameson Mill Road
2. 22207 Cedar Mountain Drive
3. Waterford Road at Butler Store Road
4. Korea Road at Docs Road
5. Winston Road
6. Old Orange Road at Wedgewood
7. Rapidan Road at 522 to Orange County Line
8. Rapidan Road at the Crooked Run Bridge/Orange County Line
9. Rapidan Road at Hardy Lane
10. Rapidan Road at Allaway Road
11. Rapidan Road at Coffeewood Correctional Center
12. 16482 Lee Highway
13. 9341 White Shop Road
14. Drogheda Mountain Road
15. Reva Road at Homestead Trail
16. Mitchells Road
17. Reva Road at Low Water Bridges
18. Robinson Rd. at James Madison
19. White Oak Rd and James Madison
20. James Madison to Locust Dale Road
21. Kirtley Trail to Hillendale Court
22. Old Mill Rd.
23. Monumental Mills Rd. and Hazel River Road
24. Willis Ford Road at Clairmont Farm Road
25. Zachary Taylor Highway at Mitchells Road
26. Alum Springs Road and Dutch Hollow Road
27. Sperryville Pike at the Hazel River Bridge
28. Old Stillhouse Road near Rixeyville Road
29. Eggbornsville Road at Riverside Farm Lane
30. Major Brown Lane at Lagrane

The following roads are have high water in Culpepper County:

1. Old Stillhouse Rd at Noel Rd – reopened
2. Sperryville Pike at Stevens Trail
3. Mountain Run Lake Road—John Coates Blvd.
4. 15193 Stevensburg Road
5. Stevensburg Road at Greens Corner Road
6. 9534 Dutch Hollow Road
7. Eggbornsville Road at Crestview Lane
8. Carrico Mills at Thoms Road
9. Rixeyville Road at Chestnut Fork Road
10. 16532 North Merrimac Road
11. 15198 Reva Road
12. Rixeyville Road at Monumental Mills Road
13. Somerville Road to Willis Ford Rd.
14. 17191 Reva Road
15. 5257 Holly Springs Road
16. Rapidan Road and Chandler Tonge Road
17. Monumental Mills Road at River Hills
18. Mt. Dumpling near Green’s Corner Road
19. Maddens Tavern Road
20. Stones Mill Road
21. Kelley’s Ford Road at Umberger Lane
22. Eggbornsville Road at Hazel River Rd.