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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

758 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 755 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6

  MILES WEST OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESTER BY 805 PM EDT

  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLWOOD BY 810 PM EDT

  OVER BENSLEY BY 815 PM EDT

  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN RICHMOND BY 830 PM EDT

  OVER EAST HIGHLAND PARK BY 845 PM EDT

  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHLAND SPRINGS BY 850 PM EDT



ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH 

OVER THE NEXT 90 MINUTES...SEVERAL INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND 

HAVE CAUSED FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3768 7746 3764 7744 3758 7737 3756 7728

      3754 7723 3752 7722 3726 7751 3734 7765

      3736 7768 3738 7768



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