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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
838 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...
NOTTOWAY RIVER AT SEBRELL AFFECTING SOUTHAMPTON AND SUSSEX
COUNTIES.
FOR THE CHOWAN BASIN...INCLUDING FRANKLIN AT US HIGHWAY 58/258,
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.
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 845 PM EDT.
VAC175-183-130045-
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/SEBV2.1.ER.250412T1215Z.250413T0000Z.250413T1200Z.NO/
838 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NOTTOWAY RIVER AT SEBRELL.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* 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 8:15 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:15 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 16.3 FEET THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL TO 14.9 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.3 FEET ON 01/06/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3672 7718 3681 7722 3689 7726 3693 7714
3686 7712 3664 7695 3660 7702
EI
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