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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

242 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.



* AT 242 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY      

  RAIN OVER MUCH OF MINERAL COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.        

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN      

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE       

  THROUGH 645 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE FORT ASHBY AND KEYSER.



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.



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 3959 7879 3934 7916 3926 7898 3953 7869



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