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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

315 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 615 AM EDT.



* AT 315 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES

  JUST SOUTHWEST OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN A SMALL AREA BETWEEN

  CHARLOTTESVILLE...NORTH GARDEN...OVERTON AND KEENE. THE NORTH AND 

  SOUTH BRANCHES OF HARDWARE CREEK WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE HARDEST HIT

  WATERWAYS WITH THIS STATIONARY STORM.



RESIDENTS IN LOW AREAS OR NEAR ANY SMALL CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR WATER 

LEVELS WHICH MAY RISE RAPIDLY. BE VERY WARY DRIVING AS WATER COVERED 

ROADS ARE VERY HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT.



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.



LAT...LON 3801 7862 3784 7860 3785 7846 3799 7836



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