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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

547 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



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



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  THE SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS      

  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE     

  FREE UNION...CROZET...BATESVILLE...WHITE HALL...AND     

  CHARLOTTESVILLE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3793 7878 3804 7884 3808 7878 3813 7879

      3817 7876 3822 7848 3819 7838 3799 7831

      3796 7835 3791 7876



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