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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1254 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NOTTOWAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 1252 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR              

  BLACKSTONE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

  3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE LOCALLY...IN AREAS FROM FORT PICKETT TO       

  BLACKSTONE AND CREWE.



* 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...CREWE...BLACKSTONE...SPAINVILLE...NOTTOWAY AND

  FORT PICKETT.



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 3699 7816 3697 7793 3719 7791 3724 7819

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