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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

640 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 636 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF THURMONT TO       

  BUCKEYSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT ONE HALF 

  TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.     

  ANOTHER HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH     

  9:30 PM.



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

  INCLUDE BALLENGER CREEK...BRADDOCK HEIGHTS...FREDERICK...NEW

  MARKET...THURMONT AND WALKERSVILLE.



A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT AN INCH OF RAIN FELL OVER A HALF HOUR TIME 

NEAR THE CITY OF FREDERICK. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3968 7727 3972 7747 3935 7766 3925 7746

          3937 7719



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