Flood Warning for Cochran, Virginia
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
357 PM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Virginia...
Meherrin River At Lawrenceville affecting Brunswick County.
For the Chowan Basin...including Lawrenceville...Minor flooding is
forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 Friday morning at 700 AM EDT.
VAC025-291100-
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357 PM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Meherrin River at Lawrenceville.
* WHEN...From this evening to Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Pasture land north of the river,
downstream of the gage, begins to flood.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:45 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 13.7 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening to a crest of 17.9 feet early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday
morning.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
18.0 feet on 09/18/2020.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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