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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

523 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001



...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES IN CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...



AT 520 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICHMOND AND ASHLAND THROUGH TRI 

CITIES...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD AND ROANOKE RAPIDS.  THE RAIN AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH 7 PM...AND WILL SPREAD 

TO WILLIAMSBURG...FRANKLIN AND AHOSKIE BEFORE 7 PM.  OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN 

PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE LOCALLY IN ALL AREAS...SO SIGNIFICANT PONDING 

OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE STANDING WATER ON 

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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