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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

447 AM EDT MON MAY 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  NORTHEAST LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT.



* AT 437 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     

  THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER NORTHEAST LOUDOUN AND

  NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHOWING ONLY A SLOW NORTHEAST 

  MOVEMENT.  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING.



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.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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LAT...LON 3921 7760 3904 7752 3910 7714 3925 7722



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