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VAC125-050800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

100 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT.



* AT 100 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONTEBELLO TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  BUFFALO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER WESTERN NELSON        

  COUNTY. ANOTHER TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 4:00 AM.



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

  INCLUDE MONTEBELLO...NASH...MASSIES MILL...SCHUYLER...SHIPMAN AND  

  WINTERGREEN. THE TYE RIVER MAY EXPERIENCE SUDDEN WATER RISES DUE   

  TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES CARRIED AWAY BY

RISING WATER. 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3783 7917 3754 7890 3774 7867 3803 7885

          3787 7900 3789 7913

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