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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
851 PM EDT TUE OCT 16 2018
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KING AND QUEEN VA-CAROLINE VA-KING WILLIAM VA-
851 PM EDT TUE OCT 16 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN KING WILLIAM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 915 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 846 PM EDT, THE REPORTING GAUGE ON THE MATTAPONI RIVER AT
BEULAHVILLE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WATER LEVELS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD
STAGE. THIS INDICATES THAT THE RIVER IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND SOME
ROADS IN THE AREA NEAR THE RIVER MAY BE IMPACTED WITH FLOOD
WATERS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO HEED ANY HIGH WATER OR ROAD CLOSED
SIGNS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH, BEULAHVILLE, NEWTOWN, AYLETT, CENTRAL
GARAGE, OWENTON, UPSHAW, BISCOE, GETHER, POLLARDS CORNER, GLOBE,
TURPIN AND DUANE FORK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3799 7727 3795 7724 3793 7713 3781 7701
3773 7711 3787 7734 3793 7738
EI
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