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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

830 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 825 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY   

  RAIN OVER INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST          

  VIRGINIA...WITH RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE 

  INCHES PER HOUR.      



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME   

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WINDSOR...

  HOLLAND...ISLE OF WIGHT...AHOSKIE AND GATESVILLE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT 

OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND 

SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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