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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

515 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT.



* AT 510 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 

CARROLL COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS  

REPORTED SAMS CREEK WELL OUT OF ITS BANKS...WITH KNEE DEEP WATER 

ACROSS SAMS CREEK ROAD. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 815 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE ELDERSBURG...HAMPSTEAD...MANCHESTER...WESTMINSTER AND

  GAMBER.



SAMS CREEK...LITTLE MORGAN RUN...AND OTHER SMALL WATERWAYS WILL BE 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS THIS MORNING.



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.



IN ADDITION...DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. FOLLOW THE DIRECTION 

OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.



LAT...LON 3960 7720 3936 7695 3972 7680 3975 7710



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