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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

828 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  GREENE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HARRISONBURG IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT.



* AT 828 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER    

  THE PORTIONS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN. RAINFALL TOTALS ABOVE 5 TO 6    

  INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE BLUE RIDGE. AN  

  ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING     

  HOURS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE      

  IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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

  INCLUDE BROADWAY...ELKTON...FRONT ROYAL...HARRISONBURG...LURAY...

  MASSANUTTEN...MOUNT JACKSON...NEW MARKET...SHENANDOAH...

  SPERRYVILLE...STANARDSVILLE...STANLEY...STRASBURG...TIMBERVILLE...

  WOODSTOCK...BIG MEADOWS AND DALE ENTERPRISE.



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.



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 3899 7802 3905 7850 3885 7878 3845 7912

          3823 7845 3845 7824 3887 7815



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