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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

200 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHEASTERN

  VIRGINIA.



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

  WESTERN BRANCH...KINGS FORK...HOLLAND...DRIVER...DENBIGH...

  CRITTENDEN...CHURCHLAND...BUCKROE BEACH...AND BOWERS HILL.

    

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO 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.



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 3657 7680 3657 7645 3692 7622 3719 7634



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