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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

845 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR YORK COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF NEWPORT 

NEWS POQUOSON AND HAMPTON HAS EXPIRED...



AT 845 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING 

THE AREA HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  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 3 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 REPORT THE 

WATER IS RECEDING...AND ROADS ARE NOW PASSABLE IN NEWPORT NEWS. DARE 

ROAD IN YORK IS STILL CLOSED...BUT WATER IS RECEDING NOW.  MOTORISTS 

ARE STILL URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND BE AWARE THAT AS LITTLE 

AS A FOOT OF WATER CAN MOVE A CAR...SO DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER IF 

YOU DO NOT KNOW THE DEPTH.  THERE ARE STILL ROADS WITH STANDING 

WATER ON THEM...BUT TRAFFIC IS GETTING THROUGH...AS THE WATER 

RECEDES.



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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