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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
747 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

...The National Weather Service in Wakefield VA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Virginia...

  Meherrin River At Lawrenceville affecting Greensville and
  Brunswick Counties.

For the Chowan Basin...including Franklin at US Highway 58/258,
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 evening at 800 PM EDT.

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VAC025-081-170000-
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/LAWV2.1.ER.250716T1424Z.250716T1800Z.250716T1903Z.NO/
747 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Meherrin River at Lawrenceville.

* WHEN...Until late this evening.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Pasture land north of the river,
  downstream of the gage, begins to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 6:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 14.5 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this morning to a crest of 15.3 feet this afternoon. It
    will then fall below flood stage late this afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    15.2 feet on 03/10/2024.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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