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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

619 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PENDLETON COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.



* AT 619 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN PENDLETON COUNTY. 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 1015 PM EDT.





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.

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 3858 7958 3870 7936 3887 7922 3897 7949

          3863 7976



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