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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

351 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.



* AT 345 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  HARRISONBURG...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT JACKSON.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR 

MACANIE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY NEAR MOUNT JACKSON.  MILL CREEK 

AND STRAIGHT RUN WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



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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LAT...LON 3884 7867 3868 7878 3864 7866 3872 7852



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