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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.

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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

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JM