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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
530 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Essex County in east central Virginia...
  Northwestern Westmoreland County in east central Virginia...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 530 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible 
  in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Leedstown, Loretto, Oak Grove, Potomac Mills and Chance.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS 
Wakefield Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.

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LAT...LON 3817 7706 3818 7705 3822 7705 3823 7696
      3821 7695 3820 7692 3818 7689 3810 7693
      3804 7702 3811 7711 3812 7711 3813 7711
      3815 7711 3816 7709 3815 7708 3814 7707
      3816 7707 3816 7706

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Zimmerman