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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1247 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1245 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PENINSULA...MOVING 

  SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL FROM  

  THESE STORMS HAS BEEN 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES FROM PORTIONS OF THE CITY  

  OF NEWPORT NEWS AND YORK COUNTY. 



* 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...SEAFORD...POQUOSON...PATRICK HENRY        

  FIELD...NEWPORT NEWS...LANGLEY AFB AND HAMPTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 7627 3698 7637 3708 7658 3715 7663

          3721 7660 3725 7664 3733 7663 3724 7648

          3725 7638 3704 7625

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