Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
000 FPUS71 KAKQ 200356 NOWAKQ SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1056 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009 VAZ071-072-082-083-090-200500- CHARLES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-KING WILLIAM VA-JAMES CITY VA-HENRICO VA- 1056 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009 .NOW... AT 1056 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES WEST OF TALLEYSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF TALLEYSVILLE...OR FROM 6 MILES EAST OF HIGHLAND SPRINGS TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN HOPEWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TUNSTALL AROUND 1105 PM EST...PROVIDENCE FORGE AROUND 1110 PM EST...JAMESTOWN AROUND 1120 PM EST. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE NEW KENT...NORGE...TOANO AND WEST POINT. EXPECT OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. $$
