FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 407 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...GATES...INLAND CURRITUCK...OUTER
BANKS CURRITUCK...PASQUOTANK AND PERQUIMANS. IN VIRGINIA...
ACCOMACK...AMELIA...CAROLINE...CHARLES CITY...CHESAPEAKE...
CHESTERFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...ESSEX...FLUVANNA...
GLOUCESTER...GOOCHLAND...HANOVER...HENRICO...ISLE OF WIGHT...
JAMES CITY...KING WILLIAM...KING AND QUEEN...LANCASTER...
LOUISA...MATHEWS...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.
* UNTIL NOON EST TODAY
* LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD
THIS MORNING...BRINGING MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE REGION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH 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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