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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

613 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.



* AT 613 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER RIDGEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

  AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.   

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE KEYSER AND PIEDMONT.



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 3932 7915 3924 7894 3957 7876 3962 7879

          3945 7894 3949 7907



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