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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

826 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 819 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR A BAND OF SLOW 

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF 

SHENANDOAH COUNTY.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES HAVE REPORTED OVER ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IN A 15 

MINUTE TIME SPAN NEAR MOUNT OLIVE. OTHER GAGES TO THE WEST OF 

WOODSTOCK ARE REPORTING OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN DURING THE 

PAST HOUR.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3899 7857 3882 7852 3881 7842 3905 7832



.END/JM

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