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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1237 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF HARRISONBURG IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF STAUNTON IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF WAYNESBORO IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 330 PM EST.



* AT 1237 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ACROSS WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH

  330 PM EST.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD. MOST FLASH 

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES CARRIED AWAY BY RISING WATER. 



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.



LAT...LON 3810 7944 3794 7901 3841 7854 3880 7899



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