297  
WGUS41 KAKQ 041901  
FLWAKQ  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
301 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...  
 
NOTTOWAY RIVER AT SEBRELL AFFECTING SOUTHAMPTON AND SUSSEX  
COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE CHOWAN BASIN...INCLUDING SEBRELL...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 LATE TONIGHT AT 315 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
VAC175-183-050715-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FL.W.0052.241006T1800Z-241008T1048Z/  
/SEBV2.1.ER.241006T1800Z.241007T1200Z.241008T0448Z.NO/  
301 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NOTTOWAY RIVER AT SEBRELL.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO COVER OLD FORTY ROAD,  
STATE ROUTE 634, IN SUSSEX COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, PETERS BRIDGE  
BOAT LANDING AND PORTIONS OF THE CHUB SANDHILL NATURAL AREA  
PRESERVE BEGIN TO FLOOD, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES UPSTREAM OF GAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:15 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 16.5 FEET MONDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
16.4 FEET ON 01/07/2021.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3672 7718 3681 7722 3689 7726 3693 7714  
3686 7712 3664 7695 3660 7702  
 

 
 
JM  
 
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