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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

256 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  JAMES CITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

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

  MUCH OF JAMES CITY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG. THE

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.

  OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM

  NEWPORT NEWS AND YORK COUNTY.



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

  TERRACE...WILLIAMSBURG...NORGE...KINGS POINT...GROVE...CARVER

  GARDENS AND BUSCH GARDENS.



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

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

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...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 3738 7667 3736 7675 3730 7672 3725 7666

      3723 7659 3718 7660 3722 7674 3738 7690

      3743 7688 3745 7675 3743 7670



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