854  
WGUS41 KAKQ 281117  
FLWAKQ  
 
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.  
 

 
 
VAC025-282100-  
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/LAWV2.1.ER.240329T0126Z.240329T1800Z.240330T1200Z.NO/  
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  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3683 7802 3676 7756 3666 7757 3668 7783  
3666 7793 3672 7803  
 

 
 
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