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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

506 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* AT 506 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  3 MILES NORTH OF TURNBULL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED      

  AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM EDT.



  THESE STORMS PRODUCED FLOODING EARLIER NEAR HUME. 



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

  INCLUDE WARRENTON.



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 3875 7801 3860 7787 3864 7760 3884 7773



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