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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

540 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.



* AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN          

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY MOVING EASTWARD.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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