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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

317 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.



* AT 315 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN  NORTHWEST OF  SOMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  RADAR 

INDICATES THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM EDT.



THE AREA BETWEEN SOMERVILLE...BEALETON...AND BRISTERBURG WILL BE 

AFFECTED BY A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 430 PM.



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 3868 7764 3849 7774 3844 7763 3852 7759

      3858 7756



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