Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

000 
WGUS71 KAKQ 281715
FFSAKQ
VAC650-700-710-735-740-810-281815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
105 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR THE CITY OF 
HAMPTON...CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...CITY OF NORFOLK...CITY OF   
POQUOSON...CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...

AT 1255 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 
OVER HAMPTON ROADS...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH.  ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ALONG THE VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA 
BORDER.  ALL AREAS OF HAMPTON ROADS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
INTERMITTENT HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGH 215 PM.

SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN NORFOLK...VIRGINIA BEACH AND 
HAMPTON.  SOME ROADS IN VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORFOLK ARE COMPLETELY 
BLOCKED...SUCH AS ROSEMONT AT VIRGINIA BEACH BOULEVARD AND AROUND 
THE KINGS GRANT AREA.  CARS ARE REPORTED STALLED OUT IN DEEP WATER 
IN NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH.  OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED ON 
SOME ROADS IN NEWPORT NEWS.  IN HAMPTON...A SECTION OF WEST MERCURY 
BOULEVARD AND POWHATAN PARKWAY WAS CLOSED.  IN NEWPORT NEWS...THE 
INTERSECTION OF TWENTY SEVENTH STREET AND BUXTON BOULEVARD HAD SOME 
RISING WATER...ALONG WITH MULTIPLE SECONDARY ROADS IN THE AREA.

RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SPOTTERS IN VIRGINIA BEACH HAVE RANGED FROM 4.5 
INCHES TO ALMOST 7 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN YESTERDAY.  RAINFALL 
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS 
IN HAMPTON ROADS.

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NS
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LAT...LON 3681 7638 3684 7596 3717 7627 3706 7652

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
955 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

THS AFTN...NO ND TO BE A BROKEN RECORD...ALL DATA SUPPORTS PTNL FOR
HEAVY RAIN AND TSTMS.  UPR IMPULSE OVR SERN U.S. ENHANCING RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AS IT TRACKS N THRU LT TMRW.  TEMPS MIGHT RISE A DEGREE OR
TWO...BUT THATS IT.  INTERESTING THAT SOME DIABATIC EFECTS OF
RAINFALL ARE ANCHORING THE SFC HGH IN THE REGION...SIMILAR TO THE
COLD SEASON...WTH TEMPS/DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S IN INTERIOR AREAS AND
70S IN ERN AREAS.  SOME REPORTS OF PONDING OF WTR ON ROADWAYS IN ORF
EARLIER.  AKQ RADAR IS DOING VRY GUD JOB ESTIMATING RAINFALL BASED
ON LATEST RAINFALL REPORTS.

3-5 OF RAIN STILL PSBL IN SOME AREAS BEFORE RAIN ENDS LT TMRW...WTH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

ON CSTL WTRS...ONSHORE BNDRY LYR WNDS INCRSG ALG THE COAST...AND
SEAS SLOWLY INCRSG OVR NRN WTRS.  SEAS WL APPCH SCA BY THS AFTN IN
NRN WTRS...AND PRHPS NUDGE SCA IN SRN WTRS TNGT.  WNDS WL FLIRT WTH
SCA AT TIMES...BUT WTH INVERSIONS SEEN IN AREA SNDGS...NOT ALL OF
BNDRY LYR WNDS WL BE ABLE TO MIX DOWN.  FEW CHGS NEEDE FOR THE
MARINE.

.AKQ...
MD...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES MDZ021>025. SCA CSTL WTRS.
NC...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ012>017...NCZ030>032...
NCZ102.
VA...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ZONES VAZ063>064...VAZ070>078...
VAZ080>085...VAZ087>098. FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES VAZ099-100.
SCA CSTL WTRS N OF PARRAMORE ISL.

NS

NCZ013-014-030-VAZ061-062-068>071-080>082-088-089-092-093-281200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
645 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

...BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...

AT 640 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A WIDESPREAD AREA
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. THE BAND OF
RAIN EXTENDED FROM WINDSOR IN BERTIE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHWEST TO WAKEFIELD IN SUSSEX COUNTY...THE PETERSBURG AND
RICHMOND METRO AREAS ON NORTHWEST TO NEAR LOUISA. THIS RAIN
WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
ENTIRE I95 AND I64 CORRIDORS THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE.

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS DURING THE PAST HOUR.
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BEFORE 8 AM.
THIS MUCH RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF THE WATER ON ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS
MORNING.

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