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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

105 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE CITY OF 

VIRGINIA BEACH...  



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR THE CITY OF 

HAMPTON...CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...CITY OF NORFOLK...CITY OF   

POQUOSON...CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...



AT 1255 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER HAMPTON ROADS...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH.  ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ALONG THE VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA 

BORDER.  ALL AREAS OF HAMPTON ROADS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

INTERMITTENT HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGH 215 PM.



SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN NORFOLK...VIRGINIA BEACH AND 

HAMPTON.  SOME ROADS IN VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORFOLK ARE COMPLETELY 

BLOCKED...SUCH AS ROSEMONT AT VIRGINIA BEACH BOULEVARD AND AROUND 

THE KINGS GRANT AREA.  CARS ARE REPORTED STALLED OUT IN DEEP WATER 

IN NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH.  OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED ON 

SOME ROADS IN NEWPORT NEWS.  IN HAMPTON...A SECTION OF WEST MERCURY 

BOULEVARD AND POWHATAN PARKWAY WAS CLOSED.  IN NEWPORT NEWS...THE 

INTERSECTION OF TWENTY SEVENTH STREET AND BUXTON BOULEVARD HAD SOME 

RISING WATER...ALONG WITH MULTIPLE SECONDARY ROADS IN THE AREA.



RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SPOTTERS IN VIRGINIA BEACH HAVE RANGED FROM 4.5 

INCHES TO ALMOST 7 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN YESTERDAY.  RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS 

IN HAMPTON ROADS.



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LAT...LON 3681 7638 3684 7596 3717 7627 3706 7652

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