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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

215 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  SURRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS OR

  TOWARD SURRY AND ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.



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

  WINDSOR...SURRY...SMITHFIELD...RESCUE...ISLE OF WIGHT...ELBERON...

  DENDRON AND CABIN POINT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY...AS WELL AS 

RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAIN COMBINED WITH TIDES 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 

NORMAL WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE JAMES RIVER AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES...SUCH AS THE PAGAN RIVER. RESIDENTS ALONG THE JAMES 

RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE SHOULD 

FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR PROPERTY...OR YOU ARE REQUESTED TO 

EVACUATE BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.



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 3677 7673 3697 7649 3726 7694 3715 7713

      3699 7686



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