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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

530 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...



AT 525 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...FROM SUSSEX 

TO SURRY...AND TO WILLIAMSBURG AND GLOUCESTER. RADAR AND SATELLITE 

ESTIMATES INDICATE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

DURING THE PAST HOUR....WITH UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR 

ESTIMATED NEAR SPRING GROVE. THESE STORMS 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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