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MDC021-110815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

120 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT.



* AT 120 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER NORTHERN FREDERICK COUNTY THAT HAVE PERSISTED SINCE LATE 

  EVENING. RADAR SHOWS THAT UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN      

  SINCE AROUND 1100 PM. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 3:00 

  AM.



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

  INCLUDE EMMITSBURG AND THURMONT.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES CARRIED AWAY BY RISING

WATER. 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.

STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM DRAINS AS THEY CAN BECOME

DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3958 7756 3946 7741 3973 7725 3974 7751



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