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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

551 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 547 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHASE CITY TO 9

  MILES SOUTH OF BOYDTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM REDOAK TO

  15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

  CROSSE AND SOUTH HILL



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WAKEFIELD.



LAT...LON 3689 7851 3689 7849 3686 7840 3685 7834

      3686 7833 3682 7827 3680 7812 3681 7811

      3678 7806 3679 7803 3655 7806 3654 7846

      3676 7861



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GINGRICH

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