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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

930 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 925 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER

  OVERFLOWING THE BANKS OF OLD TOWN CREEK IN THE CITY OF COLONIAL

  HEIGHTS...AS A RESULT OF THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LAST NIGHT.



* FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG OLD TOWN CREEK AT NEW CASTLE

  DRIVE...WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED...AND INCLUDES THE HAMPTON COURT

  HOUSING COMPLEX.



THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM OLD TOWN CREEK WILL CONTINUE THE SPOTTY 

FLOODING ALONG AND NEAR NEW CASTLE DRIVE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...

AFTER WHICH TIME CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3724 7741

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