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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1159 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1154 AM EDT...VIRGINIA BEACH LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED UP TO 3   

  FEET OF WATER ON SOME ROADWAYS.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2    

  INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...AND THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1    

  PM.  SOME LOCATIONS WITH HIGH WATER INCLUDE LYNN SHORES AND        

  ROSEMONT AT VIRGINIA BEACH BOULEVARD.  WITH ADDITONAL              

  RAINFALL...RUN OFF WILL BE VERY SLOW...SO EXPECT SIGNIFICANT       

  STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS THROUGH 2 PM.



* 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...VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT...LYNNHAVEN AND CAPE

  HENRY.



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