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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

1038 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.



* AT 1028 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN BAYARD FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.  AL BROWN ROAD 

HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. NUMEROUS BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN 

FLOODED...AND WATER FROM BUFFALO CREEK IS TOUCHING THE BOTTOM OF THE 

BRIDGE AT ROUTE 90. 



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. PROPERTIES AROUND BUFFALO CREEK 

ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE. EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE NORTH 

BRANCH AS WELL.



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