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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

524 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN LUNENBURG COUNTY AND 

EASTERN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 45 

MILES PER HOUR AND HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR OVER ALL READY SATURATED GROUNDS. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3733 7847 3730 7836 3731 7830 3735 7828

      3736 7824 3712 7825 3711 7823 3704 7821

      3685 7827 3690 7849 3708 7845 3711 7850

      3714 7851



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