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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

154 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PENDLETON COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.



* AT 154 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS    

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUDDLE. RADAR            

  INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE   

  WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND  

  MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM NORTHERN POCAHONTAS AND EASTERN RANDOLPH   

  COUNTIES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL 

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE FRANKLIN AND UPPER TRACT.



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.



LAT...LON 3888 7943 3863 7963 3856 7924 3877 7908



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