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WGUS51 KLWX 161650

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VAC015-161945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1148 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 245 PM EST



* AT 1145 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT FLASH       

  FLOODING WASHING OUT SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS ESPECIALLY ACROSS     

  THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL       

  RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF AUGUSTA 

  COUNTY.



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.



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 3812 7949 3787 7915 3793 7904 3841 7930



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