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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

657 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  SOUTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  SOUTHERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



* AT 657 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER SOUTHERN PRINCE WILLIAM...SOUTHERN FAUQUIER AND NORTHERN

  CULPEPER COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER

  THE SAME AREA...PRODUCING PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. RATES

  UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE HEAVY 

  RAIN WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH MID EVENING. EXPECT ROADWAY

  FLOODING AND RAPID OVERFLOWS OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE DALE CITY...DUMFRIES...MONTCLAIR AND BEALETON.



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.



LAT...LON 3855 7813 3846 7811 3854 7730 3867 7727



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