Flood Warning Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
717 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024
...The National Weather Service in Wakefield VA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Virginia...
Meherrin River At Lawrenceville affecting Brunswick County.
For the Chowan Basin...including Rawlings, Stony Creek, Sebrell,
Lawrenceville, Emporia, Franklin...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 500 PM EDT.
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717 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Meherrin River at Lawrenceville.
* WHEN...From this evening to early Saturday afternoon.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:45 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 5.7 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 19.6 feet early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday
morning.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
19.6 feet on 06/01/1971.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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