FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 757 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...
DORCHESTER...INLAND WORCESTER...MARYLAND BEACHES...SOMERSET
AND WICOMICO. IN NORTH CAROLINA...BERTIE...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...
GATES...HERTFORD...INLAND CURRITUCK...NORTHAMPTON NC...OUTER
BANKS CURRITUCK...PASQUOTANK AND PERQUIMANS. IN VIRGINIA...
ACCOMACK...AMELIA...BRUNSWICK...CAROLINE...CHARLES CITY...
CHESAPEAKE...CHESTERFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...ESSEX...
FLUVANNA...GLOUCESTER...GOOCHLAND...GREENSVILLE...HANOVER...
HENRICO...ISLE OF WIGHT...JAMES CITY...KING WILLIAM...KING AND
QUEEN...LANCASTER...LOUISA...LUNENBURG...MATHEWS...
MECKLENBURG...MIDDLESEX...NEW KENT...NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...NORTHAMPTON VA...NORTHUMBERLAND...
NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN...PRINCE EDWARD...PRINCE GEORGE...
RICHMOND...SOUTHAMPTON...SUFFOLK...SURRY...SUSSEX...VIRGINIA
BEACH...WESTMORELAND AND YORK.
* FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BRINGING MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO
THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE
RECENT EXTENDED WET PERIOD...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD
TO FLOODING OF RIVERS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS 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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SMF
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