Beaverlett Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 419 AM EDT THU SEP 04 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
  MARYLAND...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
  MARYLAND...DORCHESTER...SOMERSET AND WICOMICO. IN INTERIOR
  NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHAMPTON NC. IN VIRGINIA...
  AMELIA...BRUNSWICK...CAROLINE...CHARLES CITY...CHESTERFIELD...
  CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...ESSEX...FLUVANNA...GLOUCESTER...
  GOOCHLAND...GREENSVILLE...HANOVER...HENRICO...JAMES CITY...
  KING WILLIAM...KING AND QUEEN...LANCASTER...LOUISA...
  LUNENBURG...MATHEWS...MECKLENBURG...MIDDLESEX...NEW KENT...
  NORTHUMBERLAND...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN...PRINCE EDWARD...PRINCE
  GEORGE...RICHMOND...SOUTHAMPTON...SURRY...SUSSEX AND
  WESTMORELAND.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
  STORM HANNA WILL BRING AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS
  THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME
  THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WOULD MAINLY OCCUR SATURDAY MORNING
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HANNA IS EXPECTED TO BRING AVERAGE
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES (WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY
  EXCEEDING 6 INCHES) TO THE WATCH AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY EVENING. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
DO NOT EVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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WAMSLEY

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TROPICAL STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 614 AM EDT THU SEP 04 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN
EFFECT.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAVE WORKABLE FLASHLIGHTS OR PORTABLE LANTERNS AND A BATTERY-
POWERED RADIO. HAVE A SUPPLY OF SPARE BATTERIES. USE BATTERY-
POWERED LIGHTS INSTEAD OF CANDLES SINCE FIRE FIGHTERS AND
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU DURING THE
STORM.
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY
FLOODING WHILE DRIVING...TURN AROUND.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA. COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE GREATEST AROUND THE TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1 PM EDT ON SATURDAY.
...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH
THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT CONTINUING
THROUGH SATURDAY IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH.
...INLAND FLOODING...
EXPECTED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES COULD CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE WEST OF THE COASTAL AREAS BUT ISOLATED
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.
...TORNADOES...
A POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES AS HANNA APPROACHES. THE
THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG THE TRACK TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE
STORM TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM HANNA LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA BETWEEN 11 AM AND 12 PM
EDT.
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