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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

919 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 916 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  NEAR CHASE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR   

  ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER WESTERN 

  PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS

  ABOVE 4 INCHES.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...CHASE

  CITY...GREEN BAY...KELLS CORNER...REHOBOTH AND BOYDTON.



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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