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WGUS71 KAKQ 092312
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
612 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
VAC007-111-135-147-100100-
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AMELIA VA-LUNENBURG VA-NOTTOWAY VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA-
612 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR WESTERN AMELIA, SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE EDWARD, NORTHWESTERN
LUNENBURG AND NORTHWESTERN NOTTOWAY COUNTIES...
AT 612 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CREWE, BURKEVILLE, GREEN BAY, RICE, JETERSVILLE, REHOBOTH, MORVEN,
TWIN LAKES STATE PARK, PRINCE EDWARD LAKE, BURKES TAVERN, PRINCE
EDWARD STATION, OLIVEVILLE, MORAN, SCHOLFIELD, RUBERMOUNT,
JENNINGS ORDINARY, NUTBUSH, MEHERRIN, VIRSO AND ARVINS STORE.
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.
LAT...LON 3712 7849 3725 7835 3734 7829 3735 7828
3734 7826 3736 7826 3736 7824 3743 7820
3744 7818 3744 7810 3747 7802 3735 7802
3711 7816 3688 7835 3689 7848 3694 7848
3708 7844 3709 7849
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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