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  • Flood Warning for Dinwiddie County, Virginia
  • Flood Warning issued October 18 at 10:27AM EDT until October 18 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 10:27 a.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 10 p.m.
  • ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
    Virginia...
    Appomattox River At Matoaca affecting Chesterfield...City of
    Petersburg and Dinwiddie Counties
    Nottoway River At Sebrell affecting Southampton County
    For the Appomattox Basin...including Matoaca...Minor flooding is
    occurring and is expected to continue.For the Chowan Basin...
    including Sebrell...Minor flooding is occurring and is expected to
    continue.
    ...The Flood Warning has been extended until this evening...The Flood
    Warning continues for
    The Appomattox River At Matoaca
    * until this evening...or until the warning is cancelled.
    * At 09:45 AM Thursday the stage was 10.4 feet.
    * Minor flooding is occurring.
    * Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
    * Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
    late this afternoon.
    * At 10.0 feet...Minor flooding begins. Canal begins to overflow
    along the right bank.
    This river level is comparable to a previous crest of 9.9 feet on Sep
    20 2018.
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