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VAC133-193-280130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

841 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

NORTHUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTIES...



AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONTROSS TO HEATHSVILLE...OR

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONTROSS TO CALLAO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT

15 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

LEWISETTA...KINSALE...HAGUE...COLES POINT AND CALLAO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3802 7646 3804 7653 3807 7653 3811 7660

      3816 7660 3815 7672 3818 7677 3811 7688

      3801 7676 3795 7659 3792 7654 3787 7654

      3796 7640



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