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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

445 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.



* AT 442 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY 

  RAINFALL 18 MILES SOUTH OF LEONARDTOWN...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF  

  HAGUE.

  

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS         

  OCCURRED IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. THIS IS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLASH  

  FLOODING. IN ADDITION...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER   

  RISING RAPIDLY AND BEGINNING TO COVER SOME ROADWAYS.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN AREAS INCLUDING MONTROSS...TEMPLEMAN...AND HAGUE. 



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

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

HIGHER GROUND.



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