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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

825 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OCCURRING IN THE RICHMOND 

METRO AREA...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

TORRENTIAL RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR MIDLOTHIAN...ACROSS THE CITY OF 

RICHMOND...TO NEAR MECHANICSVILLE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH 

AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN HENRICO AND CENTRAL 

HANOVER COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH IS 

CAUSING STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE RICHMOND METRO AREA. CONTINUED 

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS 

AND UNDERPASSES. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE RAPIDLY...AND 

MAY BRIEFLY OVERFLOW.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 

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LAT...LON 3774 7722 3745 7728 3742 7770 3773 7760

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