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VAC153-683-685-090645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1147 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF MANASSAS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  CITY OF MANASSAS PARK IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 245 AM EDT



* AT 1142 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 



  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN     

  OVER  THE WARNED AREA AND  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE       

  POSSIBLE THROUGH  245 AM EDT. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE  

  HAS REPORTED WATER COVERING ROADWAYS IN GAINESVILLE. 



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

  INCLUDE BRENTSVILLE...BRISTOW...BUCKHALL...CANOVA...GAINESVILLE...

  HAYMARKET...HICKORY GROVE...MANASSAS...NOKESVILLE...WATERFALL...

  WELLINGTON AND WOOLSEY.



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 3868 7758 3867 7738 3883 7749 3890 7763

      3886 7770 3880 7766



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