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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

928 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN VIRGINIA...



AT 925 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED 

OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MECKLENBURG...BRUNSWICK AND GREENSVILLE 

COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH. MORE STORMS WERE 

DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAIN EARLY THIS 

EVENING. 



THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE AFFECTED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

PAST 3 HOURS. THIS MUCH RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER

ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 



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