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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1215 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT



* AT 1212 PM EDT...MEDIA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 1 TO 3 FEET OF 

  WATER ON ROADWAYS IN HAMPTON AND NORFOLK.  IN HAMPTON...WEST       

  MERCURY BOULEVARD WAS FLOODED.  IN NORFOLK...UNION STREET...AREAS  

  NEAR CITY HALL AND GRANBY WERE FLOODED. AREAS OF PORTSMOUTH AND    

  POQUOSON WILL ALSO SEE THE HEAVY RAIN AND WATER ON ROADWAYS.



* DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER HAMPTON ROADS...           

  MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH.  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR     

  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM...CREATING RUN OFF PROBLEMS.            

  SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS      

  LIKELY 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...LANGLEY AFB...OCEAN VIEW...DOWNTOWN

  PORTSMOUTH...POQUOSON...DOWNTOWN NORFOLK AND HAMPTON.



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