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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
708 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

...The National Weather Service in Wakefield VA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Virginia...

  Meherrin River At Lawrenceville affecting Greensville and
  Brunswick 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.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 715 AM EDT.

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VAC025-081-071115-
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/LAWV2.1.ER.250807T0325Z.250807T0600Z.250807T0640Z.NO/
708 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Meherrin River at Lawrenceville.

* WHEN...Until late tomorrow morning.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Pasture land north of the river,
  downstream of the gage, begins to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 6:45 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 13.7 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 15.3 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage just after
    midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    15.3 feet on 01/16/2005.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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