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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

820 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 1100 PM EDT



* AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...MOVING INTO

  THE WESTERN PART OF POWHATAN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 

  SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF POWHATAN 

  COUNTY...WHERE AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN ESTIMATED BY 

  DOPPLER RADAR SINCE 4 PM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES IN ISOLATED SPOTS 

CAN BE EXPECTED OVER POWHATAN COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS WILL 

CONTINUE TO AGGREVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION OVER THE AREA...AND AS 

A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 11 PM.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3764 7816 3747 7811 3750 7783 3767 7785



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