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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
240 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2025
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SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-YORK-NEWPORT
NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
240 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2025
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, CHESAPEAKE, HAMPTON/POQUOSON, ISLE OF WIGHT, JAMES CITY,
NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHAMPTON, SUFFOLK, SURRY,
SUSSEX, VIRGINIA BEACH AND YORK.
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOCALIZED
AREAS UP TO 4 INCHES. AREAS THAT RECEIVE HIGHER TOTALS MAY
EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. URBAN, LOW-LYING, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS ARE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE FLASH
FLOODING.
- 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.
KMC
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