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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1034 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 130 PM EDT.



* AT 1034 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING THROUGH CULPEPER COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON ROUTE 685 

CHESTNUT FORK ROAD. WATER FROM A CREEK AT A LOW WATER CROSSING ALONG 

ROUTE 628 WAS JUST ABOVE TO OVERFLOW THE ROAD. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY AND RAIN CONTINUES 

TO FALL AT A RATE OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 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.



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 3843 7808 3843 7785 3861 7785 3861 7808



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