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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1242 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT



* AT 1236 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER HAMPTON           

  ROADS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  DOPPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 2  

  INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN...AND WILL CONTINUE   

  AROUND NEWPORT NEWS THROUGH 215 PM.  SOME ROADS IN NEWPORT NEWS    

  ARE REPORTING AROUND A FOOT OF WATER...AND WITH ADDITIONAL         

  RAINFALL...SIGNIFIACNT STANDING WATER IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING     

  AREAS.



* 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...NEWPORT NEWS...DENBIGH...

  BEACONSDALE AND LEE HALL.



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LAT...LON 3696 7652 3695 7640 3712 7647 3722 7659



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