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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1036 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.



* AT 1036 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN

  OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE WHITE HALL... CROZET... AND FREE UNION.



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

EXPECT ROAD CLOSURES AND BASEMENT FLOODING.



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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3786 7872 3818 7840 3827 7865 3807 7882



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