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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1033 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  NORTHERN CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  NORTHERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  NORTHERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1030 PM EDT...AT 1010 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE TIDEWATER REGION. 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN

  OVER THE ADVISORY REGION SINCE 7 PM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

  AT THE SAME TIME...RADAR SHOWED ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS OF HEAVY

  SHOWERS EXTENDING OVER ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES. THE 

  LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH...

  AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE TIDEWATER REGION BY 11 PM. 

  

* THE HEAVY RAIN WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE 

  WARNING AREA...WITH REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES BEING RECEIVED BY THE 

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUTNS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE   

THROUGH 130 AM...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3662 7659 3662 7605 3697 7597 3708 7650

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