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VAC069-840-232230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

531 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



* AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES NORTH OF

  WINCHESTER...OR ABOUT OVER CEDAR GROVE.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF WINCHESTER AND ACROSS NORTHERN FREDERICK 

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.



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