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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

717 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  GOOCHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  POWHATAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ESSEX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CAROLINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PETERSBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  DINWIDDIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7

  MILES NORTH OF MANAKIN TO 6 MILES WEST OF SUTHERLAND...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUCKAHOE TO 9 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF DINWIDDIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  TUCKAHOE...STUDLEY...SABOT...PETERSBURG...MOSELEY...MILLERS

  TAVERN...MECHANICSVILLE...MATOACA...LAUREL...LAKESIDE...HOPEWELL...

  HIGHLAND SPRINGS...HANOVER...GLEN ALLEN...EXIT 61 ALONG I 85...

  ETTRICK...EAST HIGHLAND PARK...DOWNTOWN RICHMOND...DAWN...COLONIAL

  HEIGHTS...CHESTER...BON AIR...BENSLEY...BELLWOOD AND ASHLAND.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3773 7729 3791 7693 3791 7693 3780 7693

      3782 7693 3788 7705 3772 7730 3772 7724

      3764 7712 3755 7724 3747 7719 3728 7726

      3731 7735 3726 7739 3717 7736 3709 7777

      3776 7776 3786 7729 3776 7735



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