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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

652 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  POWHATAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 648 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWS EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE 

EXTENDING FROM POWHATAN TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF DOWNTOWN RICHMOND. 

THE LINE OF STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WERE DRIFTING NORTHWARD 

AT LESS THAN 5 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 815 

PM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 815 PM EDT.



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.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER A ROAD...BRIDGE OR UNDERPASS...TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN. 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 3749 7790 3749 7749 3758 7748 3756 7762

      3758 7788



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