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WGUS71 KAKQ 090529
FFSAKQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
129 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016

VAC550-810-090715-
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CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
129 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITIES OF VIRGINIA
BEACH AND CHESAPEAKE...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR ...
THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE AND THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH...

AT 125 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITIES OF VIRGINIA BEACH AND
CHESAPEAKE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VIRGINIA BEACH...REGENT UNIVERSITY...KEMPSVILLE...VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
COLLEGE...NORFOLK...CHESAPEAKE...PRINCESS ANNE...BACK BAY...
FENTRESS...NORTHWEST...NORTH VIRGINIA BEACH...PUNGO...DAM NECK...
SIGMA...MACONS CORNER...HICKORY...SANDBRIDGE BEACH...OCEANA...MOUNT
PLEASANT AND PRINCESS ANNE PLAZA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA, WITH LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3654 7584 3654 7587 3655 7587 3655 7628
      3677 7621 3683 7622 3683 7620 3685 7618
      3688 7620 3691 7618 3693 7620 3692 7618
      3693 7618 3694 7620 3696 7619 3695 7610
      3694 7595

$$

ZIMMERMAN
