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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

934 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FLUVANNA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 932 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TROY...

  PALMYRA...LAKE MONTICELLO AND KENTS STORE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES

OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

WAKEFIELD AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4.



LAT...LON 3801 7830 3795 7820 3791 7808 3777 7816

      3771 7824 3776 7849 3778 7849



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