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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

753 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



* AT 753 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTY THAT HAVE PERSISTED SINCE AROUND 

  6:00 PM. RADAR INDICATES THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  IN SPOTS NORTHEAST OF DELAPLANE WITH OVER 2 INCHES ACCUMULATED

  FROM NORTH OF DELAPLANE TO WEST OF HUME. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS

  POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH 9:00 PM. 



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

  RAIN INCLUDE DELAPLANE...FIVE POINTS...LAKELAND...MARKHAM AND HUME.



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 3893 7806 3878 7801 3894 7774 3901 7796



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