Sharps, Virginia

... Flood Watch now in effect through Friday morning...

The Flood Watch is now in effect for

* portions of central Virginia... east central Virginia... interior
southeast Virginia... south central Virginia... the middle
peninsula of Virginia... the Northern Neck of Virginia and the
peninsula of southeast Virginia... including the following
areas... in central Virginia... Caroline...
Chesterfield... Hanover... Henrico and Prince George. In east
central Virginia... Charles City... King William and New Kent. In
interior southeast Virginia... Greensville... Surry and Sussex. In
south central Virginia... Dinwiddie. In the middle Mathews and
Middlesex. In the Northern Neck of Virginia...
Lancaster... Northumberland... Richmond and Westmoreland. In the
peninsula of southeast Virginia... James City.

* Through Friday morning

* periods of rain will continue overnight into Friday morning.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected across
the area... with locally higher amounts possible. Total rainfall
amounts from this storm will will range between 5 and 10 inches.

* Additional rainfall may cause flooding of creeks and small
streams through Friday morning. Also... flooding may occur in
poor drainage areas. Main Stem river levels will also continue
to rise... with minor to moderate river flooding expected into
the upcoming weekend. See wbcflsakq for additional information.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Norfolk VA...

A record rainfall for this date was set at Norfolk VA.

So far today... 3.30 inches fell today. This breaks the old record of
3.12 set in 1937.

An update will be sent on Fri morning.

... Intense coastal storm continues to bring areas of rain and strong
winds to the mid Atlantic region...

Areas of moderate to heavy rain continue across portions eastern and
central Virginia. Excessive wind gusts occurred over portions of
southeast Virginia... reaching in excess of 70 mph at times.

Low pressure system near Cape Hatteras at 9 PM was moving very slowly
toward the north and northeast.

Rainfall amounts have varied over the region during the past 60 hours
... With the heaviest rainfall occurring over southeast Virginia.
Rainfall amounts in this region have ranged from 6 to 9 inches since
Tuesday night... with locally higher amounts.

The following are unofficial peak wind gusts from ASOS and AWOS
sites across southeast Virginia... the Delmarva Peninsula and
northeastern Virginia... since 600 am Wednesday through 3 PM this
afternoon.

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Location peak wind gust (mph)

Cbbv2 (chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel va) 71 (800 PM est)
chyv2 (cape Henry va) 72 (543 PM est)
ykrv2 (york river light va) 66 (506 PM est)
korf (norfolk va) 74 (611 PM est)
rplv2 (rappahannock light va) 60 (230 PM est)
kwal (wallops island va) 59 (758 PM est)
wahv2 (wachapreague va) 57 (600 PM est)
kntu (oceana va) 75 (614 PM est)
koxb (ocean city md) 56 (1215 PM est)
kecg (elizabeth city nc) 54 (204 PM est)
ocim2 (ocean city inlet MD 44 (848 am est)
44009 (15nm E of Fenwick is de) 62 (400 PM est)
dukn7 (duck pier nc) 53 (1012 am est)

Here are the latest unofficial reports in inches from storm spotters
and cocorahs... along with a few official reports from area airports.
Precipitation amounts are storm totals unless otherwise specified.

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Location rainfall (in)

In Virginia...

... Newport News...

   Newport News/Williamsburg Intl Arpt (kphf) 8.99 (through 8 pm)

... Norfolk...

   Norfolk Intl Airport (korf) 6.06 (through 8 pm)

... Hampton...

   Langley Air Force Base (klfi) 9.07 (through 8 pm)

... Virginia Beach...

   Oceana Naval Air Station (kntu) 7.82 (through 8 pm)

... Chesapeake...

   Chesapeake Municipal Airport (kcpk) 4.67 (through 8 pm)

... Suffolk...

   Suffolk Municipal Airport (ksfq) 5.70 (through 8 pm)

... Sussex County...

   Wakefield Municipal Airport (kakq) 5.65 (through 8 pm)

... Petersburg...

   Petersburg/Dinwiddie cnty Arpt (kptb) 4.34 (through 8 pm)

... Hanover County...

   Hanover County Municipal Arpt (kofp) 5.44 (through 8 pm)


... Henrico County...

   Glen Allen 5.01 (through 9 pm)
   Richmond Intl Airport (kric) 4.54 (through 8 pm)

... Prince Edward County...

   Farmville (kfvx) 4.31 (through 9 pm)

... Accomack County...

   Wallops Island (kwal) 3.64 (through 8 pm)

... Chesterfield County...

   Chester 4.94 (through 6 pm)

... Powhatan County...

   Powhatan 2.39 (through 9 am)


In North Carolina...

... Pasquotank County...

   Elizabeth City Coast Guard (kecg) 6.32 (through 9 pm)

In Maryland...

... Worcester County...

   Ocean City (koxb) 3.60 (through 9 pm)

... Wicomico County...

   Salisbury (ksby) 3.10 (through 8 pm)