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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1125 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY 
INTO FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN MARYLAND...

  DORCHESTER...INLAND WORCESTER...MARYLAND BEACHES...SOMERSET AND
  WICOMICO.

IN VIRGINIA...

  ACCOMACK...AMELIA...BRUNSWICK...CAROLINE...CHARLES CITY...
  CHESAPEAKE...CHESTERFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...ESSEX...
  FLUVANNA...GLOUCESTER...GOOCHLAND...GREENSVILLE...HANOVER...
  HENRICO...ISLE OF WIGHT...JAMES CITY...KING AND QUEEN...KING
  WILLIAM...LANCASTER...LOUISA...LUNENBURG...MATHEWS...MECKLENBURG...
  MIDDLESEX...NEW KENT...NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...
  NORTHAMPTON...NORTHUMBERLAND...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN...PRINCE
  EDWARD...PRINCE GEORGE...RICHMOND...SOUTHAMPTON...SUFFOLK...
  SURRY...SUSSEX...VIRGINIA BEACH...WESTMORELAND AND YORK.

IN NORTH CAROLINA...

  BERTIE...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...EASTERN CURRITUCK...GATES...HERTFORD...
  NORTHAMPTON...PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS AND WESTERN CURRITUCK.

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST 
NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE THURSDAY INTO 
FRIDAY MORNING...AS HURRICANE ISABEL AFFECTS THE AREA. RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST 
OF THE TRACK OF THE STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF SEVERAL INCHES PER HOUR 
ARE LIKELY IN HEAVIER SQUALLS AND COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. PERSONS IN 
OR NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF 
RISING WATER THREATENS. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE 
ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST 
WEATHER...AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD A WARNING BE 
ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

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