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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

232 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  PENDLETON COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 630 AM EDT



* AT 227 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE

  WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 AM EDT. THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL IS

  ALONG THE ALLEGANY FRONT.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE BAYARD...

  FORT ASHBY...KEYSER...PIEDMONT...RIDGELEY...UPPER TRACK...

  CUMBERLAND...FROSTBURG...LA VALE...LONACONING AND WESTERNPORT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

ROADWAY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN

HEAVY RAIN. AGAIN DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



LAT...LON 3971 7832 3958 7847 3955 7843 3954 7867

      3924 7900 3883 7913 3876 7907 3843 7933

      3847 7948 3859 7963 3866 7963 3879 7950

      3888 7952 3896 7934 3923 7932 3920 7947

      3921 7947 3948 7907 3972 7893 3972 7834



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