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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

446 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 445 PM EDT... LAW ENFORCEMTN REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH   

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF ALLEGANY 

COUNTY.



HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING WATER TO COVER ROADS IN THE EXTREME 

WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GEORGES 

CREEEK WAS BEGINNING TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS.  RADAR ESTIMATES TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN WAS FALLING PER HOUR FROM THIS AREA OF STORMS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. 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.



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