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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

530 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



...DANGEROUS FLOODING TO CONTINUE OVER BERTIE COUNTY THROUGH THE 

MORNING...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...



AT 530 AM EDT...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER BERTIE 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF

TO ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF BERTIE COUNTY. 

ALSO...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

IN AULANDER AND SOUTH OF HOSKIE IN BERTIE COUNTY WHERE MANY ROADS 

ARE CLOSED AND SEVERAL HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 

VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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