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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
312 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

NCZ017-VAZ097-098-242015-
CHESAPEAKE VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-
312 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 
ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE VIRGINIA TIDEWATER...

AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 21 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF GREAT BRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE HEAVY SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BACK BAY...AND...MOUNT PLEASANT AT 
400 PM EDT...PUNGO AT 415 PM EDT.

EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS. 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.

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF 
WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND 
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

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