Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

019 
WGUS71 KAKQ 251221
FFSAKQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
821 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

VAC199-650-700-735-251245-
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120825T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF POQUOSON VA-YORK VA-CITY OF HAMPTON VA-
CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS VA-
821 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR CITY
OF NEWPORT NEWS...WESTERN CITY OF HAMPTON...SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND
WESTERN CITY OF POQUOSON COUNTIES...

AT 816 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT EUSTIS TO LEE HALL...OR ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF NEWPORT NEWS TO YKTV2...MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA BEFORE 845 
AM. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
WAKEFIELD.


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LAT...LON 3696 7642 3712 7664 3715 7664 3719 7658
      3720 7659 3726 7653 3713 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 135DEG 10KT 3712 7663 3723 7652

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ALBRIGHT

342 
WGUS71 KAKQ 251256
FFSAKQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
856 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

VAC199-650-700-735-251330-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120825T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF POQUOSON VA-YORK VA-CITY OF HAMPTON VA-
CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS VA-
856 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...
WESTERN CITY OF HAMPTON...SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND WESTERN CITY OF
POQUOSON COUNTIES...

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE EARLY 
MORNING HOURS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE 
RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS 
THROUGH THE MID AND INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS.

LAT...LON 3696 7642 3712 7664 3715 7664 3719 7658
      3720 7659 3726 7653 3713 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 135DEG 10KT 3712 7664 3723 7653

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ALBRIGHT