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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1151 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 1149 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER

  THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE

  POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICALS REPORT 

  CREEKS AND STREAMS RISING RAPIDLY IN PAGE COUNTY.



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

  INCLUDE FRONT ROYAL...LURAY...MOUNT JACKSON...STANLEY...

  STRASBURG...MOOREFIELD AND MATHIAS.



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 3845 7850 3869 7837 3900 7801 3899 7831

      3908 7836 3905 7849 3923 7900 3886 7909

      3883 7893



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