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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

515 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...



AT 515 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER SOUTHERN PERQUIMANS...PASQUOTANK...AND 

CURRITUCK COUNTIES...NEAR THE PERIMETER OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND.  

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.  



RAINFALL RATES FROM THESE STORMS HAVE AVERAGED 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES PER 

HOUR.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.  DO NOT DRIVE IN 

AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE ROADWAY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

HIGH WATER THREATENS YOUR LOCATION.



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FOSTER

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