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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

217 PM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 210 PM EDT...AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY          

  STATIONARY OVER HAMPTON ROADS.  A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL 

  HAS OCCURRED...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS POSSIBLE    

  LOCALLY...THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME ROADS IN THE NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA  

  BEACH AREA ARE BEGINNING TO GET PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.      

  URBAN FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND STANDING WATER IN LOW    

  LYING AREAS IS LIKELY THOUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH THE RUSH     

  HOUR.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3689 7632 3673 7605 3679 7592 3692 7593

          3700 7618



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