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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

915 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  NOTTOWAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING ACROSS 

LUNENBURG...EASTERN PRINCE EDWARD...NOTTOWAY AND AMELIA COUNTIES. 

THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH...BUT CONTINUE TO 

RE-DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 

INCHES OF RAIN IN AN AREA FROM NUTBUSH IN LUNENBURG COUNTY...NORTH 

THROUGH BURKEVILLE IN NOTTOWAY COUNTY...TO JETERSVILLE AND TRUXILLO 

IN AMELIA 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...AMELIA COURTHOUSE...SCOTTS FORK...MORVEN...

  JETERSVILLE AND CHULA.





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1030 PM.



STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS, OR STREAMS, AS THEY

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN.



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 3696 7847 3688 7813 3735 7782 3749 7794

          3731 7841

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