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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

419 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  GREENE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.



* AT 419 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER   

FLETCHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE LATE 

THIS MORNING. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAME AREA. ANOTHER 

ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8:15 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE STANARDSVILLE.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3831 7857 3828 7843 3850 7821 3862 7833



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