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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1212 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT



* AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  INCLUDE KEYSER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

DEEP RUN...HOWELL RUN...PATTERSON CREEK...SUGAR RUN...STONY 

RUN...PARR SPRING RUN...MILL CREEK...KING RUN...BIG RUN...CRANBERRY 

RUN...SLAUGHTERHOUSE RUN...CABIN RUN...HOLLENBECK RUN...SYCAMORE 

RUN...STAGGS RUN...WHIPPS RUN...MUD RUN AND LIMESTONE RUN.



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.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



&&



LAT...LON 3947 7907 3948 7907 3944 7897 3945 7896

      3941 7883 3929 7894 3934 7919 3940 7918

      3943 7912 3948 7910



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