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WGUS71 KAKQ 170440
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1240 AM EDT WED MAY 17 2023
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CHARLES CITY VA-HENRICO VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-
1240 AM EDT WED MAY 17 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRICO, CHARLES CITY, SOUTHWESTERN NEW
KENT AND NORTHEASTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES...
AT 1240 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICHMOND, CHARLES CITY, ROXBURY, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, ADKINS STORE,
PROVIDENCE FORGE, RUTHVILLE, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, HOLDCROFT, RUSTIC,
EAST HIGHLAND PARK, BARNETTS, MOUNTCASTLE, WAYSIDE, ROACHES
CORNER, WRIGHTS CORNER, SANDYBOTTOM, ELKO, GLENDALE AND NEW HOPE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3757 7739 3744 7689 3738 7690 3739 7690
3738 7691 3737 7690 3736 7692 3735 7692
3736 7690 3724 7690 3735 7726 3737 7724
3738 7725 3737 7727 3735 7727 3736 7730
3741 7730 3738 7733 3738 7738 3740 7739
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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