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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1113 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

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DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-
MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-
SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-ACCOMACK-
NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...
GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...
RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...
EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...
NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...
EASTVILLE
1113 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF 
  MARYLAND...DORCHESTER...INLAND WORCESTER...MARYLAND BEACHES...
  SOMERSET AND WICOMICO. IN VIRGINIA...ACCOMACK...AMELIA...
  BRUNSWICK...CAROLINE...CHARLES CITY...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...NORTHAMPTON VA...
  NORTHUMBERLAND...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN...PRINCE EDWARD...PRINCE 
  GEORGE...RICHMOND...SOUTHAMPTON...SURRY...SUSSEX...
  WESTMORELAND AND YORK.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHEAST
  VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. A
  SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THIS
  BOUNDARY THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES
  WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...BEFORE ENDING EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
  SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL TOTALS
  BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS SYSTEM...WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH HAVE ALREADY
  FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE TO TWO
  INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS
  AND IN LOW LYING URBAN AREAS.

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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GINGRICH/LYNCH