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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1052 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



VAC093-175-181-183-550-740-800-071615-

CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-CITY OF SUFFOLK VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUSSEX VA-

ISLE OF WIGHT VA-SURRY VA-CITY OF PORTSMOUTH VA-

1052 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN

CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...SURRY...ISLE OF WIGHT...NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX...

NORTHEASTERN SOUTHAMPTON...NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK AND CITY OF

CHESAPEAKE COUNTIES...



AT 1048 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THE STORMS WERE 

GENERALLY ON A LINE FROM CHESAPEAKE TO PORTSMOUTH TO SMITHFIELD TO 

SURRY COUNTY AND WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. THE STORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THIS REGION THROUGH 1215 PM.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.



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.



RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAIN COMBINED WITH TIDES 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 

NORMAL WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE JAMES RIVER AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES...SUCH AS THE PAGAN RIVER AND THE NANSEMOND RIVER. 

RESIDENTS ALONG THE JAMES RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES SHOULD BE 

PREPARED TO EVACUATE SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR PROPERTY...OR 

YOU ARE REQUESTED TO EVACUATE BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3653 7620 3668 7607 3722 7697 3704 7731



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