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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
301 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024

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

  Nottoway River At Sebrell affecting Southampton and Sussex
  Counties.

For the Chowan Basin...including Sebrell...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 late tonight at 315 AM EDT.

&&

VAC175-183-050715-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FL.W.0052.241006T1800Z-241008T1048Z/
/SEBV2.1.ER.241006T1800Z.241007T1200Z.241008T0448Z.NO/
301 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Nottoway River at Sebrell.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to Tuesday morning.

* 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 2:15 PM EDT Friday the stage was 14.2 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early Sunday afternoon to a crest of 16.5 feet Monday
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Tuesday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.4 feet on 01/07/2021.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3672 7718 3681 7722 3689 7726 3693 7714
      3686 7712 3664 7695 3660 7702


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JM