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WGUS71 KAKQ 100128
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
828 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
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AMELIA VA-BRUNSWICK VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA-NOTTOWAY VA-
CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS VA-CITY OF PETERSBURG VA-
828 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AMELIA, SOUTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD,
NORTHERN BRUNSWICK, DINWIDDIE AND SOUTHEASTERN NOTTOWAY COUNTIES AND
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND THE WESTERN CITY OF PETERSBURG...
AT 828 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF CLOSED ROADS DUE TO
HIGH WATER JUST WEST OF PETERSBURG. BETWEEN 2.5 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...
PETERSBURG, DINWIDDIE, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, LAWRENCEVILLE, MCKENNEY,
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, ALBERTA, DEWITT, SUTHERLAND, FORT
BARFOOT, MATOACA, ETTRICK, ROCKY RUN, BUTTERWORTH, FORD, CENTER
STAR, WALKERS, DARVILLS, RAWLINGS AND HEBRON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3726 7773 3736 7755 3728 7736 3725 7738
3723 7736 3671 7785 3679 7802 3700 7801
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
WRAY
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