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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

648 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  EASTERN AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.



* AT 645 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH HEAVY RAIN IN A LINE FROM CRIMORA IN EASTERN AUGUST COUNTY

  EASTWARD TO OVER FREE UNION IN NORTHERN ALBEMARLE COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN

TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WARNING AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS OF EASTERN AUGUSTA

AND NORTHERN ALBEMARLE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA.



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.



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