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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

1019 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...IN THE VICINITY OF STEPHENSON. 

THIS WATER WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO SUBSIDE.



IF WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS A ROADWAY TURN YOUR VEHICLE AROUND AND 

FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



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