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MDC001-WVC057-070930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

334 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT



* AT 330 AM EDT... HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA.



A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS REMAINING OVER MINERAL AND ALLEGANY 

COUNTIES. THIS BAND WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 

AM...BUT SOME LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS WILL FLOOD AND THERE WILL BE 

SOME BASEMENT FLOODING.



EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED FLOODING WAS BEGINNING TO OCCUR ON 

SECTIONS OF US ROUTE 220...AND AROUND THE TOWNS OF FORT 

ASHBY...WESTERNPORT...AND RAWLINGS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. QUICKLY

MOVE OUT OF AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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STRONG/MMARGRAF

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