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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1151 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



* AT 1151 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.        

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY             

  FALLEN OVER THE   WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE       

  THROUGH 145 AM EDT. SPOTTERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN           

  MARTINSBURG.



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

  INCLUDE MARTINSBURG.



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 3933 7803 3954 7786 3962 7804 3944 7821



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