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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

123 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 120 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WESTERN

  HALF OF FREDERICK COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

WESTERN SECTIONS OF FREDERICK COUNTY... AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 

TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. RAPID RISES ALONG 

CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF FREDERICK ARE LIKELY.



IF WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS A ROADWAY TURN YOUR VEHICLE AROUND AND

FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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