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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

618 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 608 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND TWO TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 

HOUR...MAINLY IN THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH.



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

  INCLUDE FERRY FARMS...FALMOUTH...FREDERICKSBURG...HOLLY CORNER...

  MASSAPONAX...ROSEVILLE AND THORNBURG.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3807 7759 3823 7738 3852 7751 3844 7764



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