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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

758 PM EDT MON AUG 30 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

  HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ESSEX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  KING AND QUEEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  KING WILLIAM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CAROLINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 752 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LORETTO TO BON

  AIR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPLAIN

  TO BON AIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE

  TUNSTALL...TUCKAHOE...TAPPAHANNOCK...TALLEYSVILLE...STUDLEY...

  SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...ROXBURY...NEWTOWN...MILLERS TAVERN...

  MECHANICSVILLE...MANQUIN...MANGOHICK...LAUREL...LAKESIDE...KINGS

  DOMINION...KING WILLIAM...HIGHLAND SPRINGS...HANOVER...GLEN

  ALLEN...EAST HIGHLAND PARK...DOWNTOWN RICHMOND...DAWN...

  CHAMPLAIN...BOTTOMS BRIDGE...BEULAHVILLE...BENSLEY...

  BELLWOOD...AYLETT...ASHLAND AND ADKINS STORE.



SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 10 TO 14 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED FROM 

THE CITY OF RICHMOND INTO PORTIONS OF KING WILLIAM COUNTY...WITH 

WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE FROM CHESTERFIELD AND 

CHARLES CITY COUNTIES...NORTHWARD INTO CAROLINE AND KING AND QUEEN 

COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER 

ROADS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE...OR 

DELAY YOUR TRIP UNTIL THE HEAVY RAINFALL ENDS.



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.



LAT...LON 3818 7717 3740 7777 3731 7713 3796 7685



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