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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

821 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIGHLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.



* AT 815 AM RAINFALL REPORTS FROM AROUND HIGHLAND COUNTY SHOW RAINFALL

  OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING.

  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL WEST

  VIRGINIA THAT IS MOVING TOWARDS HIGHLAND COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING.

  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER HIGHLAND

  COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING TO

  OCCUR  THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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