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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

647 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SOUTHERN PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  NORTHEAST ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.



* AT 647 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER NORTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND SOUTHERN PAGE COUNTY. RADAR  

INDICATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE   

WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9:45 

PM.



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.  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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. 



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