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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

815 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN 

THE TRI CITIES AREA THIS EVENING...



AT 813 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 

AROUND CHESTER...THROUGH PETERSBURG...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...DINWIDDIE 

AND PRINCE GEORGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL END 

BEFORE 930 PM...AND WILL PRODUCE RAINFALLS OF OVER TWO INCHES 

LOCALLY.  THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY 

WINDS.



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS IN AND AROUND PETERSBURG AND 

COLONIAL HEIGHTS.  STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO 

LIKELY...SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION.



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