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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

250 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR

  HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.



* AT 250 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY      

  RAIN 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKER...MOVING VERY SLOWLY. FLOODING   

  WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ON ROUTE 259 IN BAKER. RADAR 

  INDICATES THAT TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 545 PM EDT.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.



MOST 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.

STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM DRAINS AS THEY CAN BECOME

DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3900 7888 3893 7878 3903 7870 3906 7879



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