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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

236 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...ACROSS

  MUCH OF NEW KENT COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CHARLES CITY

  COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND

  25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CHARLES

  CITY AND NEW KENT COUNTIES FROM JAMES CITY AND SURRY COUNTIES.



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

  TALLEYSVILLE...RUTHVILLE...RUSTIC...ROXBURY...PROVIDENCE FORGE...

  NEW KENT...HOLDCROFT...CHARLES CITY...BARHAMSVILLE AND ADKINS

  STORE.



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 CHICKAHOMINY 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 3726 7689 3743 7690 3747 7676 3751 7683

      3762 7712 3755 7722 3749 7718 3739 7723



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