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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1128 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.



* AT 1126 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING 

EAST THROUGH THE COUNTY. A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT A CREEK ALONG 

WAXFORD DRIVE WAS ABOVE TO OVERFLOW. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER AN 

INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE   

POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 PM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3916 7745 3901 7710 3912 7698 3931 7723



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