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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

328 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SURRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 325 PM EDT...THE STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING

  OVER NORTHEAST SURRY COUNTY NEAR BACONS CASTLE...MOVING WEST AT 5

  MPH. 



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...SURRY BY

  400 PM EDT.



EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN EASTERN SURRY COUNTY ALONG 

RTE 10.

 

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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3716 7693 3717 7676 3715 7672 3717 7671

      3717 7666 3717 7666 3714 7669 3710 7669

      3706 7671 3698 7690



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