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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

222 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.



* AT 222 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

  HAD MOVED EAST OF THE METRO AREA...BUT FLOODING CONTINUED. RADAR   

  INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED...WHICH IS   

  SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RUNOFF FROM TODAYS HEAVY       

  RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING INTO THE EVENING. 



  AT 130 PM...MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING     

  CONTINUED IN GERMANTOWN ALONG 10 MILE CREEK. IN ADDITION...THE     

  UNITED STATES PARK SERVICE REPORTED FLOODING ON ROCK CREEK AND     

  SLIGO CREEK. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER AND 

  FLOODING INCLUDE ASPEN HILL...BETHESDA...CALVERTON...CHEVY         

  CHASE...COLESVILLE...FAIRLAND...GERMANTOWN...OLNEY...POTOMAC...    

  ROCKVILLE AND WHITE OAK.



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 3906 7728 3898 7720 3896 7712 3900 7700

          3912 7692 3918 7702



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