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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

857 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* AT 857 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAVRE DE GRACE TO

  8 MILES SOUTH OF BUSH RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR         

  INDICATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER     

  THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH        

  MIDNIGHT EDT.



  AT 857 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT MANY LOCATIONS STILL  

  EXPERIENCING ONGOING FLOODING IN MANY LOCATIONS IN HARFORD COUNTY.



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

  INCLUDE ABERDEEN...HAVRE DE GRACE...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.



LAT...LON 3949 7640 3933 7632 3946 7603 3960 7614



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