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122 WGUS71 KAKQ 090318 FFSAKQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1118 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 VAC550-810-090715- /O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-161009T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VA- 1118 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR VIRGINIA BEACH AND THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR ... THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE AND THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH... AT 1115 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH MUCH OF THE RAIN FALLING IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR VIRGINIA BEACH AND THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VIRGINIA BEACH...REGENT UNIVERSITY...KEMPSVILLE...VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE...NORFOLK...CHESAPEAKE...PRINCESS ANNE...BACK BAY... FENTRESS...NORTHWEST...NORTH VIRGINIA BEACH...PUNGO...DAM NECK... SIGMA...MACONS CORNER...HICKORY...SANDBRIDGE BEACH...OCEANA...MOUNT PLEASANT AND PRINCESS ANNE PLAZA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3654 7584 3654 7587 3655 7587 3655 7628 3677 7621 3683 7622 3683 7620 3685 7618 3688 7620 3691 7618 3693 7620 3692 7618 3693 7618 3694 7620 3696 7619 3695 7610 3694 7595 $$ ZIMMERMAN