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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

513 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



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CAROLINE VA-

513 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...



AT 510 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CAROLINE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM PRODUCING 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS BETWEEN PENOLA AND BURRUSS CORNER. RADAR

ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. RUNOFF

FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS 

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



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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