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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

742 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.



* AT 742 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER NORTHERN SHENANDOAH COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY EAST. RADAR        

  INDICATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER     

  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH    

  1045 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE STRASBURG AND CLARY.



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. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 



LAT...LON 3903 7853 3893 7865 3894 7831 3899 7832

          3910 7836



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