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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

550 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POWHATAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF

  POWHATAN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...

  BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH...WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ADDITIONAL CELLS

  WERE DEVELOPING TO THE NORTHWEST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN

  2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF

  POWHATAN COUNTY SINCE 430 PM. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN 

  ACROSS POWHATAN COUNTY UNTIL 7 OR 8 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF 

  THE COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3770 7809 3755 7821 3738 7793 3757 7778



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