FOR THE CHOWAN BASIN...INCLUDING LAWRENCEVILLE...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 SAFETY MESSAGE...
PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING NEAR RIVERBANKS. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY SHOULD RISING WATER THREATEN YOUR SAFETY.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
 STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES...
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935 PM EST WED NOV 11 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MEHERRIN RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.2 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 24.0 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET
THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.4 FEET ON
OCT 9 2006.
$$

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE NOTTOWAY RIVER AT RAWLINGS.
* FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE
  WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 10.9 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.0 FEET ON
NOV 25 1959.
$$

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE
  MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...
  THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF
  CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
  VIRGINIA...CHESTERFIELD...HANOVER...HENRICO AND PRINCE GEORGE.
  IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CHARLES CITY...KING WILLIAM AND NEW
  KENT. IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...GREENSVILLE...SURRY AND
  SUSSEX. IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...BRUNSWICK...DINWIDDIE...
  LUNENBURG...MECKLENBURG AND NOTTOWAY. IN THE MIDDLE PENINSULA
  OF VIRGINIA...ESSEX...GLOUCESTER...KING AND QUEEN...MATHEWS
  AND MIDDLESEX. IN THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...LANCASTER...
  NORTHUMBERLAND AND RICHMOND. IN THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST
  VIRGINIA...JAMES CITY. IN THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  AMELIA...CUMBERLAND...GOOCHLAND...POWHATAN AND PRINCE EDWARD.
* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AND LAST THROUGH
  AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
  ANTICIPATED THROUGH 600 PM THURSDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
  SMALL STREAMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ALSO...MAIN STEM
  RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY...WITH MINOR
  RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK. ADDITIONALLY...
  FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
$$
HURLEY