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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1248 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING FROM EXTREME 

SOUTHEAST POWHATAN COUNTY...THROUGH EXTREME WEST CENTRAL 

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND INTO EASTERN AMELIA COUNTY.  THE CENTER OF 

THE STORM WAS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PILKINTON...MOVING 

NORTHEAST 20 MPH.



THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  MOSELEY...CLAYVILLE AT 1255 PM EDT.

  HOLLY HILLS AT 100 PM EDT.

  MIDLOTHIAN AT 110 PM EDT.

  RICHMOND AND BON AIR AT 120 PM EDT.

  ROSLYN HILLS...TUCKAHOE AT 125 PM EDT.

  

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WITH AVERAGE 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW 

LYING AND POOR DRAINING AREAS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 

EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.



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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LAT...LON 3743 7799 3728 7787 3759 7713 3782 7731

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