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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

507 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 507 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUNIS TO 7 MILES  

  SOUTHWEST OF YANKEETOWN...SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. RADAR INDICATES 

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED      

  AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 PM EDT.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

INCLUDE...YANKEETOWN...TUNIS AND CRIDERS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3883 7899 3863 7913 3854 7891 3869 7877



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