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WGUS51 KLWX 220043

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

843 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.



* AT 843 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF FLINTSTONE TO 10 MILES

  EAST OF LEVELS TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGGINSVILLE...MOVING EAST

  AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY     

  FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE   POSSIBLE       

  THROUGH 1245 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE CUMBERLAND...FORT ASHBY AND RIDGELEY.



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.



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. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3971 7871 3946 7896 3935 7837 3946 7835

          3952 7849 3973 7834



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