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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

545 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 537 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEE HALL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF PATRICK HENRY FIELD. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH

  FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  TABB...SEAFORD...POQUOSON...NEWPORT NEWS...LANGLEY AFB...HAMPTON...

  GRAND VIEW...GRAFTON...FORT EUSTIS...DENBIGH AND BUCKROE BEACH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. HIGH WATER IS 

ALREADY REPORTED ON WARWICK BOULEVARD...BETWEEN 36TH AND 50TH STREET.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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