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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

624 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR YORK COUNTY 

AND THE CITIES OF NEWPORT NEWS POQUOSON AND HAMPTON...



AT 616 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN NEWPORT NEWS 

REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING IN NEWPORT NEWS...WITH POTENTIAL FLOODING AS WELL IN YORK 

COUNTY...AND THE CITIES OF HAMPTON AND POQUOSON. 



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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