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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

737 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2003



AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL BRUNSWICK 

COUNTY...OR JUST WEST NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE. THE STORM WAS 

NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM HAS BEEN 

NEARLY 4 INCHES...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE 

STORM WINDS DOWN AND ENDS SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM.



THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMBINED WITH EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL AND RUNOFF WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3686 7781 3678 7801 3657 7791 3667 7766



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