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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

354 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* AT 354 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS    

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF DELRAY. RADAR INDICATES       

  THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED      

  AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM EDT.



* SOME LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO FLOODING INCLUDE DELRAY AND RURAL        

  PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.



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 3918 7885 3911 7853 3921 7844 3932 7867



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