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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1035 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT.



* AT 1034 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKFISH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR  

  INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER   

  NORTHERN NELSON COUNTY. ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

  THROUGH 230 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE AFTON...SHIPMAN AND WINTERGREEN.



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 ALERT FOR POSSIBLE MUDSLIDES.



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.



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 3788 7912 3751 7889 3768 7868 3808 7883

          3791 7893



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