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VAC069-840-260145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

339 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 338 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1   

  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.       

  ANOTHER  2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE STEPHENS CITY.



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 3926 7804 3911 7811 3902 7818 3902 7831

      3906 7834 3911 7834 3911 7839 3903 7846

      3906 7853 3917 7840 3920 7842 3925 7839

      3927 7841 3934 7834 3936 7837 3945 7834



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