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  • Flood Warning for Powhatan County, Virginia
  • Flood Warning issued October 17 at 9:49PM EDT until October 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 9:49 p.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 8 a.m.
  • ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
    Virginia...
    Appomattox River At Mattoax affecting Amelia...Chesterfield and
    Powhatan Counties
    Appomattox River At Matoaca affecting Chesterfield...City of
    Petersburg and Dinwiddie Counties
    Nottoway River At Sebrell affecting Southampton County
    For the Appomattox Basin...including Mattoax...Matoaca...Minor
    flooding is occurring and is expected to continue.For the Chowan
    Basin...including Sebrell...Minor flooding is forecast.
    ...The Flood Warning has been extended until Thursday morning...The
    Flood Warning continues for
    The Appomattox River At Mattoax
    * until Thursday morning...or until the warning is cancelled.
    * At 09:30 PM Wednesday the stage was 21.6 feet.
    * Minor flooding is occurring.
    * Flood stage is 21.0 feet.
    * Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
    after midnight tonight.
    * At 21.0 feet...Agricultural and pasture land flooded.
    This river level is comparable to a previous crest of 22.3 feet on
    Sep 18 2018.
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