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Richmond, Virginia

  National Weather Service:
Flash Flood Watch
    

5-day forecast
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Chance of Rain Thunderstorm Partly Cloudy Clear Chance of a Thunderstorm
Chance of Rain T-storms Partly Cloudy Clear Chance of T-storms
85° | 68° 81° | 65° 88° | 63° 88° | 65° 85° | 65°

Current conditions
As of 5:33 PM EDT
at Richmond, Virginia

Light Rain
Temperature: 73°
Wind: ENE 7 mph
Dewpoint: 73°
Humidity: 100%
Visibility: 7.0 miles
Forecast

As of 5:04 PM EDT on September 5, 2008

Tonight...Showers with isolated thunderstorms this evening...then rain with isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Rain may be heavy at times after midnight. Windy with lows around 70. East winds around 10 mph...increasing to 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph after midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

Saturday...Rain with isolated thunderstorms until late afternoon... then rain likely with isolated thunderstorms late. Rain may be heavy at times until late afternoon. Windy with highs in the upper 70s. East winds 25 to 30 mph...becoming northeast 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy with rain likely early in the evening...then partly cloudy in the late evening and overnight. Breezy with lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph... becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Radar
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    Regional conditions
LocationConditionsTemp..
Ashland Light Rain 73°
Richmond Light Rain 73°
Sutherland Overcast 75°
Louisa Scattered Clouds 84°
West Point Unknown 75°
Fredericksburg data not available
Wakefield Light Rain 75°
Williamsburg Overcast 77°
Farmville Rain 79°
Woodberry Forest Mostly Cloudy 81°

Almanac

Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
September 5, 2008
Normal high:83° Record high:100° (1954)
Normal low:63° Record low:51° (1997)
Sunrise:6:44 AM Moon Rise: 12:44 PM
Sunset:7:32 PM Moon Set: 10:21 PM
Complete weather almanac
Detailed History and Climate

Flash Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 12:27 PM EDT on September 5, 2008


... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect from late tonight through
Saturday evening...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* portions of the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland... interior
northeast North Carolina and Virginia... including the
following areas... in the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland...
Dorchester... Somerset and Wicomico. In interior northeast
North Carolina... Northampton NC. In Virginia... Amelia...
Brunswick... Caroline... Charles City... Chesterfield...
Cumberland... Dinwiddie... Essex... Fluvanna... Gloucester...
Goochland... Greensville... Hanover... Henrico... James City...
King William... King And Queen... Lancaster... Louisa...
Lunenburg... Mathews... Mecklenburg... Middlesex... New Kent...
Northumberland... Nottoway... Powhatan... Prince Edward... Prince
George... Richmond... Southampton... Surry... Sussex and
Westmoreland.

* From late tonight through Saturday evening

* showers and isolated thunderstorms associated with Tropical
Storm Hanna will bring areas of moderate to heavy rains across
the region Friday night into Saturday. The heaviest rains will
mainly occur from early Saturday morning through the afternoon
hours. Hanna is expected to bring average rainfall amounts of 3
to 5 inches... with some isolated higher amounts possible... to
the watch area late tonight through Saturday evening. These
rainfall amounts have the potential to produce flash flooding
across the watch area.

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
Do not ever drive into flood waters.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued.




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