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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
520 AM EDT Sat May 4 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Mecklenburg County in south central Virginia...

* Until 830 AM EDT.

* At 520 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
  1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up
  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 and automated gauges.

  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...
  Clarksville, Buffalo Springs, Nelson, Buffalo Junction and
  Skipwith.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3654 7873 3657 7873 3658 7872 3659 7872
      3659 7871 3660 7872 3662 7871 3663 7871
      3665 7871 3666 7870 3667 7870 3669 7867
      3669 7865 3670 7865 3674 7857 3674 7845
      3654 7857

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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