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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

446 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.



* AT 446 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARTINSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 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 MARTINSBURG.



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 3943 7807 3940 7797 3959 7790 3957 7795



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