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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

153 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PENDLETON COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 147 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM CRIDERS TO 6 MILES EAST

  OF SUGAR GROVE.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN 

THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND EXTREME EASTERN 

PENDLETON COUNTY. CRIDER AND SUGAR GROVE WILL BE IN THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING. 



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.



JA/ND

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