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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

558 AM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 545 AM EDT...CHESTERFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED

  THAT TWO FEET OF WATER WAS OVERTOPPING THE FALLING CREEK

  RESERVOIR DAM. AS A RESULT...MANDATORY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN

  ORDERED NEAR THE FALLING CREEK RESERVOIR...AS DAM FAILURE IS

  POSSIBLE. THOSE ORDERED TO EVACUATE ARE INSTRUCTED TO GO TO

  MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING...THOSE AREAS NEAR THE FALLING CREEK

  RESERVOIR DAM...INCLUDING MANY IN THE MEADOWBROOK AREA.



THIS FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS FLOWING OVER THE 

TOP OF FALLING CREEK RESERVOIR DAM...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAM 

FAILURE ACCORDING TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.



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 3734 7752 3730 7746 3739 7738 3753 7762

      3756 7766 3744 7780 3744 7776 3741 7776

      3740 7774 3738 7771 3737 7766



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