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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

606 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* AT 606 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING THE 

SHENANDOAH RIVER VALLEY...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR 

SUGGEST UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE AREA IN THE PAST 

HOUR. EXPECT RIVERS AND STREAMS TO QUICKLY RISE AS THE FALLEN 

RAINFALL FLOWS DOWNHILL.



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

  INCLUDE STEPHENS CITY AND STRASBURG.



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 3897 7853 3889 7838 3905 7826 3911 7817

          3917 7828



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