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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

434 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.



* AT 434 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER MUCH OF HARFORD COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.      

  SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED AROUND 1.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL NEAR         

  BELCAMP. 



  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT WATER RISING WITH SOME BASEMENTS

  FLOODED AND ROADWAYS WITH HIGH WATER. THE PORTION OF THE COUNTY    

  THAT HAS RECEIVED THE MOST RAINFALL IS GENERALLY IN THE INTERSTATE 

  95 CORRIDOR. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED WITH ANOTHER 1/2   

  TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM. 



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

  INCLUDE ABERDEEN...BEL AIR...FALLSTON...HAVRE DE GRACE...

  JARRETTSVILLE...PERRYMAN AND PLEASANT HILLS.



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 



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