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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1238 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.



* AT 1238 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH HOWARD COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

ON LIME KILN ROAD WEST OF SKAGGSVILLE. RADAR INDICATES THAT AT LEAST 

ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER  

INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 345 PM.



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 3932 7710 3915 7688 3921 7676 3933 7694



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