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Flood Advisory
VAC036-095-199-830-232300-
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CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG VA-CHARLES CITY VA-JAMES CITY VA-YORK VA-
520 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR
FLOODING IN...
CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
JAMES CITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHARLES CITY...
NORTHWESTERN YORK...JAMES CITY AND CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG
COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE ADVISORY AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR
FLOODING INCLUDE...COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY...NORGE...QUEENS
LAKE...WILLIAMSBURG...CARVER GARDENS...JAMESTOWN...KINGS POINT...
RUSTIC AND YORK TERRACE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

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LAT...LON 3720 7678 3722 7681 3722 7691 3730 7698
3741 7669 3737 7664 3735 7665 3730 7660
3730 7658 3728 7657 3726 7654

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Special Weather Statement
VAZ073-081>084-086-089>091-094-232130-
CHARLES CITY VA-GLOUCESTER VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-
MATHEWS VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-
SURRY VA-YORK VA-
445 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL YORK...CITY OF
WILLIAMSBURG...JAMES CITY...NORTHEASTERN PRINCE GEORGE...NORTHERN
SURRY...NORTHWESTERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...SOUTH CENTRAL NEW KENT...
SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN...SOUTHERN CHARLES CITY...SOUTHERN
GLOUCESTER AND SOUTHERN MATHEWS COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
ACHILLES TO RUSTIC TO BURGESS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE
OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

* VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER
TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE
RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG...QUEENS LAKE...WICOMICO...
SEVERN...OAKTREE...BRANDON...HAYES...GLASS...CLAREMONT...
TAYLORS CORNER...AND GARYSVILLE.

LAT...LON 3730 7627 3737 7640 3735 7641 3727 7634
3724 7649 3722 7646 3718 7659 3722 7669
3718 7666 3717 7666 3717 7670 3720 7669
3721 7672 3718 7677 3715 7676 3712 7706
3714 7724 3731 7720 3739 7697 3739 7624

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