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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
306 PM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

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

  Appomattox River Above Farmville affecting Cumberland, Amelia and
  Prince Edward Counties.

For the Appomattox Basin...including Farmville...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 by late tonight at 315 AM EDT.

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VAC007-049-147-160715-
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/FRMV2.1.ER.250716T0600Z.250716T0600Z.250716T1200Z.NO/
306 PM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Appomattox River above Farmville.

* WHEN...From this evening to early tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Water approaches back of homes on Old
  Plank Rd, upstream of gage. The Riverside Lot at Elm Street and
  North Main Street begins to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:50 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 11.1 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.0
    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
    flood stage tomorrow morning.
  - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.1 feet on 12/16/2018.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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MRD