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EXPIRED5/19/2024 7:39:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
5/19/2024 7:39:00 AM until 5/19/2024 7:45:00 PM
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 10 pm EDT Sunday.this evening
at 745 PM EDT.
The National Weather Service in Wakefield VA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Virginia...
Nottoway River At Sebrell affecting Sussex and Southampton
Counties.
For the Nottoway River at Sebrell, minor flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Nottoway River at Sebrell.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, 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 7:15 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 15.4 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening to a crest of 16.3 feet tomorrow morning. It
will then fall below flood stage late Tuesday morning.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
16.3 feet on 01/06/1990.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood