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WGUS71 KAKQ 100255
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
955 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
VAC036-095-127-199-650-700-735-830-100800-
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CHARLES CITY VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-YORK VA-CITY OF HAMPTON
VA-CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS VA-CITY OF POQUOSON VA-CITY OF
WILLIAMSBURG VA-
955 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARLES CITY, SOUTHEASTERN NEW KENT, JAMES CITY AND
YORK COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF HAMPTON, THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, THE
CITY OF POQUOSON AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG...
AT 955 PM EST, LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT
LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
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...
NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON, WILLIAMSBURG, QUEENS LAKE, VIRGINIA
INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCES, GLOUCESTER POINT, COLLEGE OF
WILLIAM AND MARY, PATRICK HENRY FIELD, SEAFORD, CHRISTOPHER
NEWPORT UNIVERSITY, NORGE, TOANO, LANGLEY AFB, HAMPTON UNIVERSITY,
NORTHAMPTON, GROVE, BUSCH GARDENS, CARVER GARDENS, LEE HALL AND
YORK TERRACE.
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 3755 7694 3751 7680 3725 7650 3721 7637
3719 7637 3719 7634 3714 7628 3708 7625
3701 7628 3694 7643 3697 7647 3701 7649
3710 7663 3717 7664 3720 7666 3719 7677
3722 7681 3723 7691 3730 7689
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
WRAY
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