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WGUS51 KLWX 312028

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MDC021-312230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

426 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



* AT 426 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.       

  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FLOODING. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE     

  BALLENGER CREEK...BRADDOCK HEIGHTS...FREDERICK...GREEN             

  VALLEY...NEW MARKET AND WALKERSVILLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3955 7758 3935 7764 3926 7750 3936 7718

          3949 7712 3965 7730



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