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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

542 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001



...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FROM ASHLAND TO 

TAPPAHANNOCK AND THE NORTHERN NECK...



AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ASHLAND TO TAPPAHANNOCK AND HEATHSVILLE...MOVING SLOWLY 

EAST AT 15 MPH.  THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION 

THROUGH 8 PM...AND WILL SPREAD TO LANCASTER...NORTHUMBERLAND AND 

MIDDLESEX COUNTIES BEFORE 8 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 THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...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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LAT...LON 3829 7687 3759 7745 3763 7631 3820 7642

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