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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

714 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 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

  NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 711 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED      

  AREA. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1115 PM EDT.  

  A SERIES OF SEVERAL STORMS IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT NELSON AND        

  ALBEMARLE COUNTIES FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. HEAVY 

  RAIN OCCURRED IN THIS AREA LAST NIGHT.



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

  INCLUDE CROZET...FREE UNION...SCHUYLER...SHIPMAN AND WINTERGREEN.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3757 7891 3769 7897 3773 7906 3779 7909

      3781 7916 3789 7913 3788 7899 3802 7884

      3798 7881 3798 7880 3804 7884 3808 7878

      3821 7875 3827 7866 3812 7821 3776 7850

      3774 7868 3769 7867 3763 7879 3754 7884



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