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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

540 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 745 PM EDT



* AT 539 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH  

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR NEWSOMS...SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST. EARLY  

  HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER 4 INCHES INCHES IN COURTLAND WILL HELP TO 

  CONTINUE THE FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...BOYKINS...COURTLAND...NEWSOMS AND SEDLEY.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON ROUTE 35 AND OVER A NUMBER OF BACK ROADS.



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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