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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
956 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...
APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATTOAX AFFECTING AMELIA, POWHATAN AND
CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 700 PM EST.
VAC007-041-145-220000-
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/MTXV2.1.ER.250216T0622Z.250220T0130Z.250221T1727Z.NO/
956 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATTOAX.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL AND PASTURE LAND FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 AM EST FRIDAY WAS 24.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.4 FEET MONDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
21.5 FEET ON 12/09/1993.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3721 7776 3743 7802 3742 7814 3751 7812
3752 7791 3733 7767
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