Posted on 08/30/2004 7:23:47 PM PDT by Cheetah1
SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 10 TO 14 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED FROM THE CITY OF RICHMOND INTO PORTIONS OF KING WILLIAM COUNTY...WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE FROM CHESTERFIELD AND CHARLES CITY COUNTIES...NORTHWARD INTO CAROLINE AND KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES! ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
My husband is out evacuating Falling Creek residents right now.....won't be sleeping much tonight. We live in Powhatan which thankfully was spared alot of the rain, but Richmond and Chesterfield are a mess.
Chesterfield County is going to be a mess tomorrow...
Was out that way a month ago. You could smell the humidity from the ground. Like a rain forest. Rain, rain, and more rain. God bless and keep the citizens of that fine state safe.
You're right. I spoke without checking. It's actually moving at a pretty good clip.
Shelters
Huguenot High School
The Ashe Center
Holocaust Museum in Shockoe Bottom (20th & Cary St.)
Prayers go up for all.
Thanks for the info.
I can imagine what y'all are going through, having lived through Hurricane Floyd here in Rocky Mount, NC.
Stay safe.
bump
Your experience would freak anyone out and says much about the intensity of this.
I live just west of 195 and two neighbors report two to three feet of water in their basements. My B-Dry system backed up for about 1 and 3/4 hours, but I am winning the battle and the floor is almost dry. Downtown is called Shokoe (pebble) Bottom and was hit very hard; some folks are still trapped down there. Finally, a Dam south of town is on the verge of giving way. Big night here in River City.
God Bless your husband and those he is working with.
The skies have really openned up here on the Eastern Shore within the past 20 minutes or so.
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER 14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004
...GASTON BECOMES A TROPICAL STORM AGAIN...
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.8 WEST OR ABOUT
55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY MARYLAND.
GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
I am a kayaker and follow the virginia river levels here:
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/state/va/
AND
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON AUG 30 2004
...HERMINE NEARING LANDFALL...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS FROM WOODS HOLE TO PLYMOUTH INCLUDING MARTHAS
VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.
How's Jetersville? New Port News? (Have family there. Not answering.)
Lovely - guess where I live??????? about 55 miles southwest of OC.
Flood Photos here
http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32916
Up here in Northern Virginia and began praying for you all hours ago when we saw the radar report and that thing barreling up 95 right at us.
I am so sorry. Love much of Richmond...especially along the rivers and on to Charlottesville.
Already praying that Francis will be stopped before attempting the same kind of trajectory in the next few days.
My prayers are with you!
Yikes.
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