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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION FOR STREET NAME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

319 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

  CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 220 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WITH         

  HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NEWPORT NEWS AND HAMPTON MOVING NORTH AT       

  15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AN   

  HOUR IN THESE AREAS. ROADS IN NEWPORT NEWS ARE REPORTED TO BE      

  CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 27TH AND BUXTON STREETS AND          

  FLOOD BARRICADES ARE IN PLACE NEAR THE CITY LINE APARTMENT         

  COMPLEX. 



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 

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

TO HIGHER GROUND.



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