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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

433 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 433 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER BERKELEY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES   

  THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE BERKELEY SPRINGS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



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 3962 7835 3951 7822 3966 7815 3968 7825



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