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WGUS81 KAKQ 160248
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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1048 PM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Virginia...

  Appomattox River Above Farmville affecting Cumberland, Prince
  Edward and Amelia Counties.

For the Appomattox Basin...including Farmville, Mattoax, Matoaca...
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 by Wednesday morning at 915 AM EDT.

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VAC007-049-147-161315-
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1048 PM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Appomattox River above Farmville.

* WHEN...From Wednesday morning to early tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Water approaches back of homes on Old
  Plank Rd, upstream of gage. The Riverside Lot at Elm Street and
  North Main Street begins to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:35 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 12.9 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.0
    feet tomorrow morning.
  - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.1 feet on 12/16/2018.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3739 7843 3736 7834 3752 7812 3734 7817
      3721 7839 3729 7851


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Zimmerman