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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
832 AM EDT TUE APR 16 2019
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...
JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND WESTHAM AFFECTING CHESTERFIELD...CITY OF
RICHMOND AND HENRICO COUNTIES
FOR THE LOWER JAMES BASIN...INCLUDING RICHMOND WESTHAM...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING NEAR RIVERBANKS. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY SHOULD RISING WATER THREATEN YOUR SAFETY.
GRAPHICAL FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AKQ. CLICK ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES ICON BENEATH THE
POINT AND CLICK FORECAST MAP.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES...
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832 AM EDT TUE APR 16 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE JAMES RIVER AT RICHMOND WESTHAM.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 07:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS MORNING TO NEAR
12.1 BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 12.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. MINOR FLOODING ALONG BOTH BANKS, NO
DAMAGE AT THIS LEVEL.
THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 12.2 FEET ON
APR 22 2015.
LAT...LON 3770 7780 3756 7744 3747 7749 3753 7770
3760 7785
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