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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

836 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PENDLETON COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.



* AT 836 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER BRUSHY RUN. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON ROUTE 220 NORTH OF BUSHY 

RUN. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

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

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 AM.



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

  INCLUDE UPPER TRACT.



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.



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 3888 7930 3881 7940 3866 7919 3876 7907



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