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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

154 AM EDT FRI SEP 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  GREENE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN 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 600 AM EDT.



* AT 154 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

  HAD MOVED NORTHWEST OF THE AREA. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER TORRENTIAL    

  RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH SUNRISE.    

  FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA. 



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

  INCLUDE BRIDGEWATER...BROADWAY...CULPEPER...DELAPLANE...ELKTON...

  FREDERICKSBURG...FRONT ROYAL...HARRISONBURG...LURAY...MADISON...

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

  SPERRYVILLE...STAFFORD...STANARDSVILLE...STANLEY...STRASBURG...THE

  PLAINS...TIMBERVILLE...WARRENTON...WOODSTOCK...BEALETON...HUME...

  BIG MEADOWS...DALE ENTERPRISE AND MASSAPONAX.



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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



LAT...LON 3828 7882 3802 7763 3841 7725 3855 7755

          3896 7779 3901 7811 3899 7831 3907 7837

          3905 7853 3876 7886 3882 7899 3849 7923



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