- 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 9:27 a.m.
- Expires: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 9 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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- Flood Warning for Dinwiddie County, Virginia
- Flood Warning issued September 17 at 5:32PM EDT until September 18 at 5:08PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 4:12 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 4:08 p.m.
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NELSON...
AND EASTERN AUGUSTA COUNTIES...THE CITY OF STAUNTON AND THE CITY OF
WAYNESBORO...
At 531 PM EDT, emergency management officials reported numerous
roads remain blocked by high water. Stream gauges indicate flooding
is ongoing on many area streams and creeks. In addition, the dams on
Toms Branch and at Robinson Hollow were near overflowing into
emergency spillways which would cause flooding downstream in the
South River basin and on Back Creek.
Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft, Crimora, Sherando, Shipman,
Schuyler, Wintergreen, Montebello, Afton, Fishersville, Verona,
Weyers Cave, Lyndhurst, Nellysford, Greenville, New Hope, Arrington,
Mount Sidney and Lovingston.