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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

146 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



VAC095-830-071900-

CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG VA-JAMES CITY VA-

146 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR WESTERN JAMES

CITY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG...



AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE PENINSULA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN 

OVER JAMES CITY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG THROUGH 3 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... 

WILLIAMSBURG...TOANO AND NORGE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO POSSIBLY 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR  

IN THE WARNED AREA. JAMES CITY COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT 

EVACUATIONS ARE OCCURRING IN A COUPLE OF AREAS ALONG THE JAMES AND 

CHICKAHOMINY RIVERS...DUE TO THE COMBINED EFFECT OF RAINFALL 

FLOODING AND TIDAL FLOODING.



STAY OFF THE ROADS UNLESS YOU HAVE TO BE OUT THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVING 

IS HAZARDOUS AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 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 3739 7673 3734 7675 3730 7672 3729 7670

      3721 7670 3722 7672 3721 7673 3740 7688

      3744 7681 3744 7677 3746 7675



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000 

WGUS71 KAKQ 071749

FFSAKQ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

146 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



VAC095-830-071900-

CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG VA-JAMES CITY VA-

146 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR WESTERN JAMES

CITY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG...



AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE PENINSULA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN 

OVER JAMES CITY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG THROUGH 3 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... 

WILLIAMSBURG...TOANO AND NORGE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO POSSIBLY 3 INCHES COULD OCCUR  

IN THE WARNED AREA. JAMES CITY COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT 

EVACUATIONS ARE OCCURRING IN A COUPLE OF AREAS ALONG THE JAMES AND 

CHICKAHOMINY RIVERS...DUE TO THE COMBINED EFFECT OF RAINFALL 

FLOODING AND TIDAL FLOODING.



STAY OFF THE ROADS UNLESS YOU HAVE TO BE OUT THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVING 

IS HAZARDOUS AND NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 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 3739 7673 3734 7675 3730 7672 3729 7670

      3721 7670 3722 7672 3721 7673 3740 7688

      3744 7681 3744 7677 3746 7675



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