

000 

WGUS51 KAKQ 021557

FFWAKQ

VAC710-740-021800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1157 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1155 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN NORFOLK AND

  DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



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

  OVER GHENT BY NOON EDT

  NORVIEW BY 1210 PM EDT

  OVER OCEAN VIEW BY 1220 PM EDT



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

NORFOLK DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3703 7627 3686 7641 3680 7628 3701 7608



$$



CULLEN

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000 

WGUS51 KAKQ 021557

FFWAKQ

VAC710-740-021800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1157 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1155 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN NORFOLK AND

  DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



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

  OVER GHENT BY NOON EDT

  NORVIEW BY 1210 PM EDT

  OVER OCEAN VIEW BY 1220 PM EDT



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

NORFOLK DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3703 7627 3686 7641 3680 7628 3701 7608



$$



CULLEN

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