Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
441 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
VAZ070-080-081-232115-
CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-
441 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE TRI-CITIES...
AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PETERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD AT
445 PM EDT...NEW BOHEMIA...AND...FORT LEE AT 450 PM EDT...PRINCE
GEORGE GOLF AT 455 PM EDT...PRINCE GEORGE...AND...BIRCHETT ESTATE AT
500 PM EDT...JORDAN POINT COUNT AT 505 PM EDT.
EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM. 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.
LAT...LON 3731 7720 3714 7723 3707 7748 3722 7749
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JM