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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

635 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLOODING IN RICHMOND...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...



AT 630 PM EDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 

OVER THE CITY OF RICHMOND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS 

RAINFALL COMBINED WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FROM PREVIOUS 

THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN MINORING FLOODING IN THE CITY.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING OF NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS 

AND LOW LYING AREAS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. INTERSTATE 95 AT BROAD 

STREET WAS REPORTED UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER. 



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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