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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

950 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 145 AM EST



* AT 945 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING       

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. RADAR      

  INDICATED THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE      

  WARNED AREA. ANOTHER QUARTER TO HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

  145 AM EST.



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

  INCLUDE ROMNEY.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...AND SEVERAL 

ROADS...INCLUDING JERSEY MOUNTAIN ROAD AND ROUTE 29 NORTH...REMAIN 

COVERED WITH WATER. 



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 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.



LAT...LON 3925 7894 3912 7849 3945 7839 3952 7864



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