THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

* AT 238 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, TUCKAHOE, BON
AIR, MECHANICSVILLE, LAKESIDE, LAUREL, GLEN ALLEN, EAST HIGHLAND
PARK, BENSLEY, GREENDALE, DUMBARTON, SOLOMONS STORE, ROSLYN HILLS,
CHAMBERLAYNE, LONGDALE AND MONTROSE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA
DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND...NORTHWESTERN
HENRICO AND SOUTHEASTERN POWHATAN COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF
RICHMOND...

AT 218 PM EDT, THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE CLUSTERED FROM
NEAR MANAKIN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10
MPH.

WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHMOND, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, BON AIR, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY,
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, TUCKAHOE, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND,
MANAKIN, GLEN ALLEN, SABOT, LAUREL, WYNDHAM, LAKESIDE, EAST HIGHLAND
PARK, BENSLEY, JOHNSONS SPRINGS, SOLOMONS STORE, CHAMBERLAYNE, ROSLYN
HILLS AND DUMBARTON.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE AT RISK! TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS.
BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. HEAVY
RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS, AND POSSIBLE MINOR
FLOODING OF DITCHES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND, DORCHESTER AND WICOMICO.
IN VIRGINIA, AMELIA, CAROLINE, CUMBERLAND, EASTERN CHESTERFIELD
(INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS), EASTERN ESSEX, EASTERN HANOVER, EASTERN
HENRICO, EASTERN LOUISA, FLUVANNA, GOOCHLAND, NOTTOWAY, POWHATAN,
PRINCE EDWARD, RICHMOND, WESTERN CHESTERFIELD, WESTERN ESSEX,
WESTERN HANOVER, WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND),
WESTERN KING WILLIAM, WESTERN KING AND QUEEN, WESTERN LOUISA AND
WESTMORELAND.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT

* NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A SURFACE
TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. HEAVY DOWN
POURS WILL POSE A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
RECENT BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ONE TO AS
MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

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