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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

455 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* AT 455 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER JEFFERSONTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

ALMOST TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3869 7794 3860 7807 3858 7788 3864 7790



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