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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

333 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATHEWS COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 330 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  NEAR BLAKES...OR ABOUT OVER MATHEWS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

    MATHEWS BY 350 PM EDT...

    GWYNN BY 355 PM EDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3429 8058



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