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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

430 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ACCOMACK COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7

  MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDMILL POINT TO PARKSLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  15 MPH.



* THE HEAVY RAIN WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN NORTH CENTRAL ACCOMAC 

COUNTY. PORTIONS OF ROUTE 13 AROUND NELSONIA AND MAPPSVILLE ARE 

IMPASSABLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3779 7560 3775 7578 3778 7598 3781 7594

          3779 7587 3788 7566 3789 7576 3795 7572

          3796 7565 3801 7561 3804 7529 3797 7541

          3804 7525 3799 7523

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