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VAC047-012015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

117 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.



* AT 117 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN  4 MILES WEST OF WINSTON...AND REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY.  

RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 415 

PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE CULPEPER.



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 3835 7811 3841 7809 3847 7816 3849 7816

      3868 7794 3843 7777 3843 7780 3839 7791

      3834 7809



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