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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

829 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 829 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN

  OVER HARDY COUNTY AND WESTERN SHENANDOAH COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY 

  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11:30 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 3889 7910 3877 7878 3903 7848 3918 7893



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