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VAC001-131-040630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1240 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR ACCOMACK

   AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...



AT 1230 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS 

OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND OVER 

THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF ACCOMACK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 

RAINFALL INDICATE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS

DURING THE PAST HOUR.



THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE MOVING OFF THE SOUTHERN 

DELMARVA COAST BY AROUND 1 AM. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS...SOME 

WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE VIRGINIA EASTERN 

SHORE OVERNIGHT.



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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CULLEN

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