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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

955 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 955 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHERN 

HALF OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE NORTHERN TIP OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR... AND ONE 

TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 

HOUR. THE COMMUNITIES OF HUNTLY AND CHESTER GAP WILL BE THE MOST 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.



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.



.END/JM

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