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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

626 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  GREENE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 625 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CULPEPER TO 5 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF SHIPMAN.  THE RAIN ACTIVITY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. 

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER

  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH

  1015 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE CROZET...CULPEPER...FREE UNION...MADISON...SCHUYLER...

  SHIPMAN...STANARDSVILLE AND WINTERGREEN.



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.



LAT...LON 3869 7793 3851 7822 3850 7840 3836 7854

      3780 7902 3756 7887 3809 7823 3820 7840

      3827 7828 3823 7825 3833 7804 3842 7774



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