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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

350 AM EDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 545 AM EDT



* AT 350 AM EDT... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE 

  COUNTY.



A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS REMAINING OVER BERKELEY COUNTY. THIS BAND 

WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AM...BUT MANY LOW LYING 

AREAS AND ROADS WILL FLOOD AND THERE WILL BE SOME BASEMENT FLOODING.



MARTINSBURG HAS REPORTED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT...AN 

INCH OF WHICH FELL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 THIS MORNING. ANOTHER INCH IS 

LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.



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.



$$

STRONG/MMARGRAF

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