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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

513 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

  RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN 

  CHESAPEAKE...OR ALONG THE VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. THE 

  CELLS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST...AROUND 10 MPH.



* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE AND NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY SINCE 

  2 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM...BETWEEN

  1 AND 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



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 3657 7655 3644 7640 3661 7611 3678 7629



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