Tuesday, September 27, 2011

FLOOD ADVISORY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR
FLOODING IN...
CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WESTERN CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WESTERN KING WILLIAM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WESTERN NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN CHESTERFIELD...
SOUTHEASTERN HANOVER...HENRICO...CITY OF RICHMOND...WESTERN CHARLES
CITY...WESTERN KING WILLIAM...WESTERN NEW KENT AND NORTHERN
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO AN
INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST 30 MINUTES IN THE CITY OF
RICHMOND.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

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