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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

637 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  KING WILLIAM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH UP TO 4 INCHES INDICATED

  BY DOPPLER RADAR. 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER

  OVER WESTERN NEW KENT COUNTY. ADDITOINAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE

  THE PROBLEM WORSE.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY

VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND.



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