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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

425 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT.



* AT 423 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN EAST OF 

THE BLUE RIDGE. HOWEVER...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. CONTINUED FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED AS WATER FROM THE RAINFALL 

PAST SEVERAL HOURS CONTINUES TO DRAIN INTO CREEKS...SMALLER 

RIVERS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH UP TO ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 730 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE BALLENGER CREEK...BRADDOCK HEIGHTS...BRUNSWICK...

  FREDERICK...NEW MARKET...WALKERSVILLE...POINT OF ROCKS...

  DELAPLANE...PURCELLVILLE...ROUND HILL AND BLUEMONT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3889 7816 3881 7805 3941 7721 3959 7744

          3915 7783



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