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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

553 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING FROM A PERSISTENT AREA OF

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NEW KENT COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH

  AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 3 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW KENT

  AND PROVIDENCE FORGE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WAKEFIELD.



LAT...LON 3755 7698 3753 7697 3753 7695 3744 7693

      3744 7707 3744 7709 3745 7711 3752 7713

      3757 7696

TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 315DEG 1KT 3748 7706



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