FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1242 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...BERTIE...CAMDEN...
CHOWAN...GATES...HERTFORD...INLAND CURRITUCK...OUTER BANKS
CURRITUCK...PASQUOTANK AND PERQUIMANS. IN VIRGINIA...
ACCOMACK...CHESAPEAKE...ISLE OF WIGHT...NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...NORTHAMPTON VA...SUFFOLK...VIRGINIA BEACH
AND YORK.
* UNTIL NOON EST TODAY
* LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. GIVEN
THE RECENT EXTENDED WET PERIOD...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS...IN
ADDITION TO URBAN FLOOD PRONE 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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