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VAC199-650-700-735-200045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

735 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR YORK COUNTY 

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



AT 730 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN NEWPORT 

NEWS...YORK...HAMPTON AND POQUOSON...WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST...AND 

SHOULD END OVER THE AREA BEFORE 830 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME PARTS OF NEWPORT NEWS AND YORK...WITH 1 TO 2 

INCHES IN HAMPTON AND POQUOSON.  NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN 

MEASURED IN SOME PARTS OF NEWPORT NEWS SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN LATE 

THIS AFTERNOON.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN NEWPORT NEWS AND YORK REPORTED 

CONTINUED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. JUST RECENTLY...DARE 

ROAD IN YORK HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OF RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN NEWPORT NEWS...AND 

YORK WITH POTENTIAL FLOODING AS WELL IN 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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