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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

921 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOUISA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LOUISA COUNTY...       

  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

  THE PAST HOUR.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE  

  RAIN ENDS BY 10 PM.  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT AS      

  RAINFALL CONTINUES TO RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND RIVERS.



* 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...MINERAL...LOUISA...MELTONS...TREVILIANS AND     

  BOSWELLS TAVERN.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY

VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3816 7819 3799 7825 3784 7783 3801 7778

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