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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
321 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2024
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NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-EASTERN CURRITUCK-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-
SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HILTON VILLAGE, FENTRESS, MIDWAY,
HANCOCK, BETHEL CHURCH, POOLESVILLE, BENNS CHURCH, GWALTNEY
CORNER, CARRSVILLE, KNOTTS ISLAND, WOODVILLE, DENBIGH, VALHALLA,
CHUCKATUCK, LEE HALL, LONGVIEW, LANGLEY AFB, CAPE HENRY, BACONS
CASTLE, BACK BAY, DEANES, EMPORIA, EDENHOUSE, BOWERS HILL,
DOWNTOWN NORFOLK, COROLLA, HAMPTON, LONDON BRIDGE, GREAT BRIDGE,
DAM NECK, DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK, FRANKLIN, HALLWOOD, SAINT JOHNS,
BEACONSDALE, GREENBRIER, BAYSIDE, KEMPSVILLE, NORVIEW,
MENCHVILLE, MARGARETTSVILLE, BARHAM, ELWOOD, CARROLLTON, CLEOPUS,
BUCKROE BEACH, CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT, ELIZABETH CITY, WARDS CORNER,
MACEDONIA, WINDSOR, FORT MONROE, GALLUPS CORNER, LAWSON, HOG
ISLAND GAME RESERVE, OCEAN VIEW, NEWPORT NEWS, AHOSKIE, GHENT,
TABB, CHIPPOKES STATE PARK, LILLY, BOOTH FORK, WILLIAMSBURG,
SHARON, CORAPEAKE, WAKEFIELD, FORT EUSTIS, MOUNT PLEASANT,
NORFOLK NAS, CRITTENDEN, DEEP CREEK, GRAFTON, EDENTON, NORFOLK
INTERNATIONAL ARPT, FOX HILL, QUITSNA, MERRY HILL, GRAND VIEW,
LEES MILL, CAPE COLONY, HORSESHOE, DRIVER, MAVATON, AND JACOCKS
321 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, BERTIE, CAMDEN, CHOWAN, EASTERN CURRITUCK, GATES,
HERTFORD, NORTHAMPTON, PASQUOTANK, PERQUIMANS AND WESTERN
CURRITUCK AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
CHESAPEAKE, GREENSVILLE, HAMPTON/POQUOSON, ISLE OF WIGHT, JAMES
CITY, NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHAMPTON, SUFFOLK,
SURRY, SUSSEX, VIRGINIA BEACH AND YORK.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND
RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THE
DAY ON THURSDAY. A SWATH OF 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST
NORTH CAROLINA, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4 TO 4.5
INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN INSTANCES OF FLOODING
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
PEGRAM
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