Alert: Special Weather Statement issued August 1 at 10:16PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Wakefield VA
Issued: 2014-08-01T22:16:45-04:00
Expires: 2014-08-01T23:15:00-04:00
Description: AT 1016 PM EDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER JORDANS POINT…OR ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOPEWELL…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE…
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL…WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES…CREEKS…ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Hanover; Chesterfield; City of Colonial Heights; New Kent; Prince George; Henrico; Dinwiddie; Amelia; City of Petersburg; City of Richmond; City of Hopewell; Charles City

Message Identifier: NWS-140501-736339
CAP MessageType: Alert