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VAC157-262100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

325 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.



* AT 321 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. RUNOFF FROM 

THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA 

BOUNDED BY SPERRYVILLE WASHINGTON AND ROCK HILLS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM OR 

CREEK.



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