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WGUS71 KAKQ 090318
FFSAKQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1118 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

VAC550-810-090715-
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CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
1118 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR VIRGINIA BEACH AND THE CITY
OF 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 1115 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH MUCH OF THE RAIN FALLING IN THE PAST THREE
HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR VIRGINIA BEACH AND THE CITY OF
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 TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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
