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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1002 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR POWHATAN

COUNTY...



AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

WEAKENING AREA OF SHOWERS ACROSS POWHATAN COUNTY...WITH THE BULK OF 

THE ACTIVITY HAVING MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS POWHATAN COUNTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 

EVENING...HOWEVER RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES SINCE 400 PM 

OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3764 7816 3747 7811 3750 7783 3767 7785



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