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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1006 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1002 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH SOUTHERN  

  AND CENTRAL LUNENBURG COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER      

  RADAR ESTIMATED UP 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...VICTORIA...KENBRIDGE...REHOBOTH...LUNENBURG AND

  KELLS CORNER.



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 3686 7843 3682 7811 3702 7807 3706 7841

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