FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 806 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATTOAX
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 07:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.9 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A SLOW RISE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...AND IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND FLOOD STAGE...
OR 21.1 FEET...BY EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE RIVER WILL THEN
BEGIN TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOWARD EVENING ON THURSDAY.
* AT 21.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL AND PASTURE LAND FLOODED.
THIS RIVER LEVEL IS COMPARABLE TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.0 FEET ON
OCT 11 2006.
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