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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

848 AM EDT WED SEP 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT



* AT 845 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PRINCE GEORGE

  COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING NEAR DISPUTANTA...WHERE 

  SPOTTERS REPORTED CONSIDERABLE WATER OVER ROUTE 460. THE SHOWERS AND

  STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...HOWEVER MORE

  CELLS WERE FORMING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.



* ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES...UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF

  PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 OR 2.5 INCHES CAN

  BE EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM OVER LOCALIZED AREAS.



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.



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 3731 7723 3729 7718 3731 7710 3727 7708

      3729 7704 3727 7699 3712 7716 3706 7727

      3713 7737 3714 7737



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