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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1021 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT.



* AT 1021 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL    

  OVER PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY. SPOTTERS REPORT 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  OCCURRED THIS EVENING WITH THIS ACTIVITY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2     

  INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



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

  INCLUDE BULL RUN...DALE CITY...DUMFRIES...HAYMARKET...MANASSAS...

  MANASSAS PARK...MONTCLAIR...TRIANGLE AND WOODBRIDGE.



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 3883 7770 3862 7754 3850 7731 3862 7722

          3892 7762



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