Friday, June 10, 2011

Flood Advisory in Metro Area

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
THE TOWN OF CHESTER
SOUTH CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTY
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
*

AT 353 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
PERSISTENT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM MATOACA TO BELLWOOD IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED
AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 230 PM EDT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE CHESTER AND
BELLWOOD AREAS...THROUGH 530 PM.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION WHILE COMMUTING HOME...OR TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN
COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND RICHMOND...THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

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