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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

536 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 930 PM EST



* AT 536 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 1 INCH   

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE SOIL IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED     

  FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL    

  LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE    

  THROUGH 930 PM. 



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

  INCLUDE CULPEPER...DELAPLANE...SPERRYVILLE...WARRENTON...BEALETON

  AND HUME.



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 3883 7813 3866 7834 3839 7807 3856 7754

      3874 7769 3900 7791



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