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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

917 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  SURRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 914 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FENTRESS...OR ABOUT OVER

  GREAT BRIDGE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

    GREAT BRIDGE BY 925 AM EDT...

    DEEP CREEK AND   CRADOCK BY 945 AM EDT...

    BOWERS HILL BY 1000 AM EDT...

    WESTERN BRANCH AND   CHURCHLAND BY 1005 AM EDT...

    DRIVER BY 1015 AM EDT...

    CRITTENDEN BY 1025 AM EDT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. FLOODING OF COUNTRY

ROADS...FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS... AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.



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 3653 7620 3668 7607 3722 7697 3704 7731



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GINGRICH

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