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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

940 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 935 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN 

  PORTIONS OF AMELIA COUNTY. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES

  AS HIGH AS 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR

  JUST SOUTH OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE...AND SCOTTS FORK. AN ADDITIONAL

  OR TWO OF RAIN FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE

  AREA WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR

  BANKS.



* 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...AMELIA COURTHOUSE AND SCOTTS FORK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3741 7798 3730 7810 3724 7789 3729 7782

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