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MDC031-230945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

243 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 545 AM EDT.



* AT 241 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND AN OCCASIONAL 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CLARKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 545 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE DAMASCUS...GERMANTOWN...POOLESVILLE AND BOYDS.



CREEKS AND RIVERS SUBJECT TO RAPID RISES INCLUDE BROAD RUN AND THE 

LITTLE MONOCACY RIVER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3923 7747 3914 7749 3910 7740 3924 7710

          3933 7721



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