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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

801 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  GRANT COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.



* AT 801 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OCCURRING OVER SEYMOURVILLE. FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY 

OFFICIALS. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 AM.



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

  INCLUDE PETERSBURG.



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 3902 7935 3892 7916 3919 7905 3927 7931



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