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VAC165-660-020345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

840 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF HARRISONBURG IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 834 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER ROCKINGHAM COUNTY FROM HINTON TO DALE ENTERPRISE TO           

  HARRISONBURG. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 PM EDT.



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

  RAIN INCLUDE HARRISONBURG...DALE ENTERPRISE AND HINTON.



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 3838 7899 3836 7881 3852 7880 3852 7899



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