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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

601 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 601 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER STAFFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT   

TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF 

STAFFORD COUNTY SINCE 5 PM. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE COUNTWIDE THROUGH 900 PM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3858 7749 3844 7761 3826 7738 3848 7733



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