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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

729 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 724 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY   

  RAINFALL NEAR LANGLEY AFB...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR   

  ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR.



* 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...PATRICK HENRY FIELD...LANGLEY AFB...POQUOSON...

  NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON AND DENBIGH.



REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS IN NEWPORT NEWS AND HAMPTON INDICATE THAT SOME 

STREETS ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON THE ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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