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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

857 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* AT 857 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO

  HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY INTO FREDERICK

  COUNTY. OFFICIALS IN BOTH COUNTIES REPORT SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES DUE

  TO HIGH WATER. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD INTO CARROLL COUNTY AND

  LIKELY WILL PRODUCE FLOODING THERE. RAIN WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED 

  SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT...BUT IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS AFTERWARD FOR

  STREAMS TO RETURN TO THEIR BANKS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE BALLENGER CREEK...BOONSBORO...BRADDOCK HEIGHTS...

  ELDERSBURG...FREDERICK...HAGERSTOWN...LONG MEADOW...MANCHESTER...

  NEW MARKET...TANEYTOWN...THURMONT...WALKERSVILLE...WESTMINSTER...  

  GAMBER...EMMITTSBURG AND WOLFSVILLE.



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 3933 7755 3939 7695 3967 7687 3972 7784



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