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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

423 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS

  OF THE COUNTY...BETWEEN COURTLAND AND CAPRON. A SPOTTER IN 

  COURTLAND HAS REPORTED 3.6 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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REILLY

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LAT...LON 3665 7744 3652 7728 3677 7673 3688 7692

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