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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

923 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 923 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND        

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WASHINGTON AND       

  BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREAS. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE    

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED      

  AREA. ANOTHER TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE ADAMS MORGAN...ASPEN HILL...BETHESDA...CARNEY...

  CATONSVILLE...CHEVY CHASE...COCKEYSVILLE...COLESVILLE...COLUMBIA...

  ELLICOTT CITY...FAIRLAND...HAMPTON...HILLANDALE...LOCHEARN...

  MILFORD MILL...OLNEY...OWINGS MILLS...PARKVILLE...PIKESVILLE...

  RANDALLSTOWN...ROCKVILLE...TAKOMA PARK...TOWSON...WHITE OAK...

  WOODLAWN AND TIMONIUM.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3959 7664 3904 7721 3888 7703 3912 7691

      3941 7648



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