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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

639 AM EDT THU AUG 7 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 900 AM EDT



* AT 637 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  WIDESPREAD SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY...WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY 

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES. 



* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 830 AM...BETWEEN 2 AND 4

  MORE INCHES...WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. SOME 

  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...SOUTH HILL

  AND BOYDTON.



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

CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WAKEFIELD.



LAT...LON 3663 7849 3669 7844 3690 7836 3682 7827

          3682 7812 3677 7809 3654 7826

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