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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1128 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 12:15 AM EDT FOR            

   NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY...



AT 1125 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MUCH OF 

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THE PAST HOUR. 

THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO 

TAPER OFF.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.        



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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