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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

919 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM    

  JUST WEST OF SOUTH HILL TO CLARKSVILLE AND BUFFALO                 

  SPRINGS...DRIFTING NORTH AT 5 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 

  INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.



* 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...SOUTH HILL...CHASE CITY...HITESBURG...

  CLARKSVILLE AND BOYDTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3681 7851 3659 7880 3658 7815 3676 7810

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