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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1242 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 345 AM EDT



* AT 1238 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 ROMNEY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

LITTLE CACAPON RIVER...BIG RUN...SULPHUR SPRING RUN...STUMP 

RUN...MCDOWELL RUN...MILL RUN...SHAWAN RUN...CAMP RUN...BUFFALO 

CREEK...CORE RUN...DUMPLING RUN AND MILL CREEK.



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 3932 7888 3933 7884 3939 7880 3937 7862

      3922 7868 3927 7891



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