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WGUS71 KAKQ 021702

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VAC710-740-021800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

100 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR CITY OF 

PORTSMOUTH AND CITY OF NORFOLK...



AT 1250 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

OF MANY STREETS IN PORTSMOUTH INCLUDING AT I264 AND PORTSMOUTH 

BOULEVARD...AND IN NORFOLK AT ROBIN HOOD ROAD AND I64 UNDERPASS.

THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3703 7627 3686 7641 3680 7628 3701 7608



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