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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

418 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...



AT 416 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER

THE CITIES OF PORTSMOUTH AND NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 

MPH.



THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  BAYSIDE...OCEAN VIEW AT 425 PM EDT.

  LONDON BRIDGE AT 430 PM EDT.

  NORTH VIRGINIA BEACH AT 435 PM EDT.

  

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS 

OF AN INCH PER HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS PONDING 

OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. 



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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