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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
205 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...
NORTH MEHERRIN RIVER NEAR LUNENBURG AFFECTING LUNENBURG COUNTY.
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 215 PM EDT.
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205 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...NORTH MEHERRIN RIVER NEAR LUNENBURG.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, THE BRIDGE AT CRYMES ROAD IS OVERWASHED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:45 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1:45 AM EDT TUESDAY WAS 16.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST OVERNIGHT AND FALL QUICKLY
LATER THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.2 FEET ON 06/06/1989.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3703 7841 3707 7832 3688 7826 3687 7832
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