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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

726 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT STANDING 

WATER ON SOME ROADWAYS THIS EVENING...



A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LOUISA...SOUTH TO AMELIA COUNTY AT 

725 PM...IS TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WHILE A BROAD BAND OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE TO KING GEORGE IS 

SLOWLY SINKING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  THESE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING TO RICHMOND... 

HANOVER AND TAPPAHANNOCK...AS WELL AS ALL AREAS OF THE NORTHERN NECK 

AND MIDDLE PENINSULA THROUGH 11 PM.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN PARTS OF THE 

NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE PENINSULA OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS...AND 

SOILS ARE CLOSE TO SATURATED.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO OR MORE 

INCHES THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS AND STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.  



IN THE RICHMOND AND HANOVER AREAS...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF 

WATER ON ROADWAYS MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.



IF WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS A ROADWAY TURN YOUR VEHICLE AROUND AND 

FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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