FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 1204 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE
MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...
THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...CHESTERFIELD...HANOVER...HENRICO AND PRINCE GEORGE.
IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CHARLES CITY...KING WILLIAM AND NEW
KENT. IN INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...GREENSVILLE...SURRY AND
SUSSEX. IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...BRUNSWICK...DINWIDDIE...
LUNENBURG...MECKLENBURG AND NOTTOWAY. IN THE MIDDLE PENINSULA
OF VIRGINIA...ESSEX...GLOUCESTER...KING AND QUEEN...MATHEWS
AND MIDDLESEX. IN THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...LANCASTER...
NORTHUMBERLAND AND RICHMOND. IN THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...JAMES CITY. IN THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
AMELIA...CUMBERLAND...GOOCHLAND...POWHATAN AND PRINCE EDWARD.
* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...AND LAST
THROUGH AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED THROUGH 600 PM THURSDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND SMALL
STREAMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ALSO...MAIN STEM RIVER
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY...WITH MINOR RIVER
FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK. ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY
OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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HURLEY