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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1041 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAROLINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 1039 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS BETWEEN FORT A.P. HILL AND

  PENOLA...INCLUDING THE BOWLING GREEN AREA. MOVEMENT OF STORMS WAS

  TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE

LAST HOUR BETWEEN FORT A.P. HILL AND AND PENOLA...INCLUDING BOWLING

GREEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WILL CAUSE

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CAROLINE COUNTY THROUGH 

1245 AM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3808 7744 3796 7727 3814 7713 3826 7729



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