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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

930 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 930 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UPPER MARLBORO TO

  4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BADEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR 

  INDICATES THAT ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

  OVER  PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER HALF INCH WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE ANDREWS AFB...BOWIE...CAMP SPRINGS...CLINTON...

  FORESTVILLE...FRIENDLY...KETTERING...LARGO...MARLTON...

  MITCHELLVILLE...UPPER MARLBORO AND WOODMORE.



THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED EXTENSIVE FLOODING WEST AND NORTHWEST OF 

PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY.



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.



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 3906 7687 3888 7688 3870 7706 3865 7673

          3893 7670



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