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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1126 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING EXTENDED FOR...

  PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT



* AT 1122 AM EDT...RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN   

  FARMVILLE AND CLARKSVILLE.  LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES ARE        

  POSSIBLE...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY     

  THIS AFTERNOON.  THE AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST...AND      

  WESTERN AREAS OF PRINCE EDWARD...KUNENBURG AND MECKLENBURG         

  COUNTIES...WILL SEE THE RAINFALL RATES DECREASE BY 2 PM.



* 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...



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SOME RURAL ROADS CLOSED IN              

MECKLENBURG COUNTY BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND SKIPWITH.  WATER ON       

ROADWAYS WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR THE STATE BORDER IN SOUTHERN         

MECKLENBURG COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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