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FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
416 AM EDT THU MAR 28 2024  
 
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
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 ELIZABETH CITY, BARHAM, LAWSON, FORT  
EUSTIS, BACK BAY, CHUCKATUCK, WAKEFIELD, BAYSIDE, DEANES, BENNS  
CHURCH, MENCHVILLE, AHOSKIE, CAPE COLONY, MOUNT PLEASANT, LEES  
MILL, NEWPORT NEWS, SHARON, CRITTENDEN, MIDWAY, COROLLA,  
KEMPSVILLE, FENTRESS, LONGVIEW, DRIVER, WOODVILLE, DEEP CREEK,  
LONDON BRIDGE, BEACONSDALE, HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE, GREENBRIER,  
BOWERS HILL, MAVATON, OCEAN VIEW, JACOCKS, GWALTNEY CORNER,  
HILTON VILLAGE, EDENHOUSE, DOWNTOWN NORFOLK, KNOTTS ISLAND,  
CARRSVILLE, CLEOPUS, CHIPPOKES STATE PARK, LANGLEY AFB,  
CORAPEAKE, DENBIGH, NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL ARPT, HAMPTON, WARDS  
CORNER, GREAT BRIDGE, MARGARETTSVILLE, FRANKLIN, DOWNTOWN  
SUFFOLK, BACONS CASTLE, DAM NECK, BETHEL CHURCH, GRAFTON, FOX  
HILL, GRAND VIEW, FORT MONROE, HORSESHOE, TABB, CHESAPEAKE  
AIRPORT, LILLY, EDENTON, SAINT JOHNS, MERRY HILL, CAPE HENRY,  
EMPORIA, HANCOCK, CARROLLTON, POOLESVILLE, GHENT, MACEDONIA,  
GALLUPS CORNER, BOOTH FORK, HALLWOOD, WILLIAMSBURG, QUITSNA,  
VALHALLA, NORVIEW, WINDSOR, ELWOOD, LEE HALL, BUCKROE BEACH, AND  
NORFOLK NAS  
416 AM EDT THU MAR 28 2024  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
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...THROUGH THIS 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...  
- THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SHIFT EAST AS THE COLD FRONT  
APPROACHES AND REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE LOCAL  
AREA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES  
OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST  
NORTH CAROLINA, WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.  
- 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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