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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 130 PM EDT, FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE RICHMOND METRO. THE
MOST WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OVER CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WHERE MANY
ROADS CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST
RAIN HAS ENDED, THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICHMOND, PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CHARLES CITY,
CHESTER, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT LEE, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, BON
AIR, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, TUCKAHOE, MOSELEY,
PRINCE GEORGE, BELLWOOD, CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE AND BENSLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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

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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA, BERTIE, CAMDEN,
CHOWAN, EASTERN CURRITUCK, GATES, HERTFORD, NORTHAMPTON,
PASQUOTANK, PERQUIMANS AND WESTERN CURRITUCK. IN VIRGINIA, AMELIA,
BRUNSWICK, CHARLES CITY, CHESAPEAKE, CUMBERLAND, DINWIDDIE,
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS), EASTERN HENRICO,
GLOUCESTER, GREENSVILLE, HAMPTON/POQUOSON, ISLE OF WIGHT, JAMES
CITY, LUNENBURG, MATHEWS, MECKLENBURG, NEW KENT, NEWPORT NEWS,
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH, NOTTOWAY, POWHATAN, PRINCE EDWARD, PRINCE
GEORGE, SOUTHAMPTON, SUFFOLK, SURRY, SUSSEX, VIRGINIA BEACH,
WESTERN CHESTERFIELD, WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF
RICHMOND) AND YORK.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. TWO TO AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OR HIGHER OF RAIN MAY FALL
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS. THE GROUND IS
SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS, INCREASING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE RAPID RISES OF WATER, FLOODED ROADS, AND
FLOODING OF STRUCTURES IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR STREAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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