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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

253 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 253 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER DUMFRIES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 

ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 PM EDT AS STORMS 

TRACK ACROSS THE SAME AREA.



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

  INCLUDE DALE CITY...DUMFRIES...MONTCLAIR...TRIANGLE AND WOODBRIDGE.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3864 7743 3849 7734 3861 7722 3869 7733



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