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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

319 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.



* AT 319 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3   

  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.       

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM EDT.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND     

  FLOODING INCLUDE...STUARTS DRAFT...GREENVILLE...AND SHERANDO.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3813 7918 3805 7937 3790 7914 3801 7890



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