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WGUS51 KLWX 122337

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VAC153-130130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

735 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 735 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOOLSEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FLOODING  

WAS REPORTED ON WATERFALL ROAD IN WOOLSEY. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE HAYMARKET.



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 3891 7775 3873 7760 3880 7749 3893 7763



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