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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

527 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.



* AT 527 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER MUCH OF WASHINGTON COUNTY...THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT  

  25 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF            

  PENNSYLVANIA AND AFFECT WASHINGTON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT    

  AROUND AN INCH RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.       

  ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE BOONSBORO...HAGERSTOWN...HALFWAY...LONG MEADOW AND

  WILLIAMSPORT.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS... 

RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS 

SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING 

RAINS.



LAT...LON 3972 7754 3973 7834 3964 7833 3968 7810

          3960 7786 3935 7769



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