FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 842 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MEHERRIN RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 07:45 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.8 FEET BY
SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
LATE EVENING.
THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 18.8 FEET ON
DEC 4 2009.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 915 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MEHERRIN RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 8:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 15.7 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.7 FEET ON
MAR 2 1954.
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