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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

122 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AFFECTING CHESAPEAKE AND 

VIRGINIA BEACH...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUING TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF CHESAPEAKE...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

VIRGINIA BEACH. A SPOTTER IN GREAT BRIDGE REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAIN IN 

35 MINUTES.



THE STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 230 PM...WHILE DEVELOPING INTO 

EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORFOLK. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 

SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF 

LOW SPOTS...UNDERPASSES AND DITCHES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER THE 

ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. DO NOT BECOME A 

FLASH FLOOD STATISTIC.

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LAT...LON 3677 7634 3660 7628 3662 7589 3701 7615

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