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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

145 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 142 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LUNENBURG AND          

  MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR        

  ESTIMATED 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 5       

  HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IS             

  POSSIBLE...BEFORE ENDING BETWEEN 230 AND 3 AM.  



* 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...REHOBOTH...LA

  CROSSE...KELLS CORNER AND BOYDTON.



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED FROM BUFFALO SPRINGS TO CHASE 

CITY...VICTORIA AND KENBRIDGE.  EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ALSO 

CONTINUE IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTIES.  THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS...UNTIL ALL THE WATER CAN RUN 

OFF INTO MAIN STEM CREEKS AND RIVERS.



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 3682 7883 3665 7882 3661 7797 3708 7829

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