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WGUS81 KAKQ 131444
FLSAKQ
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1044 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...
NOTTOWAY RIVER AT SEBRELL AFFECTING SUSSEX AND SOUTHAMPTON
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...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 EVENING AT 1045 PM EDT.
VAC175-183-140245-
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1044 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NOTTOWAY RIVER AT SEBRELL.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* 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 10:15 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:15 AM EDT SUNDAY WAS 16.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 14.7 FEET BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.4 FEET ON 02/07/1985.
- 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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