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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

717 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008



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NEW KENT VA-

717 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL NEW KENT COUNTY...



AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NEW KENT COUNTY. 

ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...RADAR 

INDICATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN CENTRAL NEW KENT 

COUNTY SINCE 3 PM. SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS IS 

LIKELY STILL OCCURRING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDENCE 

FORGE AND TALLEYSVILLE.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3755 7698 3753 7697 3753 7695 3744 7693

      3744 7707 3744 7709 3745 7711 3752 7713

      3757 7696

TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 315DEG 1KT 3746 7704



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