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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

445 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  GRANT COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.



* AT 445 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY DRIFTING NORTH AT

  LESS THAN 10 MPH. MAJOR FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE FAR

  NORTH END OF GRANT COUNTY. FLOODING THERE WILL BECOME AGGRAVATED

  BY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

  IN SPOTS THROUGH 600 PM. 



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

  RAIN INCLUDE BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...WILSON...HENRY...BISMARCK

  ...DOBBIN.



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 3912 7954 3905 7920 3925 7905 3937 7945



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