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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

843 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



* AT 843 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY BETWEEN LEESBURG...STERLING

  AND MIDDLEBURG. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. RADAR

  INDICATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF LEESBURG

  IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES. 



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

  INCLUDE GILBERTS CORNER...ARCOLA...GLEEDSVILLE...MIDDLEBURG.



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 3898 7774 3892 7755 3905 7741 3914 7752



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