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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

630 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS RE-ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 630 PM EDT...MAJOR FLOODING WAS CONTINUING IN PARTS OF THE AREA.

  WATER RESCUES WERE ONGOING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. SOME

  ROADS ARE SHUT DOWN DUE TO HIGH WATER. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHTER THAN THIS AFTERNOONS STORMS...PERHAPS 

  1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH. NO MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. 



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 3931 7685 3919 7645 3928 7636 3961 7659



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