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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

436 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ACCOMACK COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 432 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO 9

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO 8 MILES WEST OF PARKSLEY...OR

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POCOMOKE CITY TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  CHINCOTEAGUE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF CRISFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  15 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  OVER CHINCOTEAGUE BY 500 PM EDT



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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. UP TO A FOOT OF WATER HAS BEEN 

REPRORTED ACROSS ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.



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 3800 7563 3795 7565 3793 7575 3793 7575

      3790 7576 3789 7568 3779 7574 3781 7578

      3774 7580 3779 7553 3786 7548 3789 7550

      3788 7546 3792 7532 3802 7524



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