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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

100 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1252 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 8 MILES    

  WEST OF LURAY TO 7 MILES EAST OF FRONT ROYAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 

  5 MPH.



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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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