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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1230 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...

  MATHEWS COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1228 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A SLOW MOVING LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WHICH WAS  

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE                

  HARCOM...DUTTON...PINERO...NORTH...BLAKES...AND MATHEWS.



RAINFALL ON SUNDAY AVERAGED 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE 

SHOWERS IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3739 7654 3736 7628 3748 7625 3755 7656



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