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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

710 AM EDT WED JUL 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.



* AT 710 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  FROM DULLES AIRPORT TO POOLESVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20   

  MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY      

  FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE   

  THROUGH 1115 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE ASPEN HILL...BETHESDA...COLESVILLE...GAITHERSBURG...NORTH

  POTOMAC...OLNEY...POTOMAC...ROCKVILLE...THE AMERICAN LEGION

  BRIDGE...GREAT FALLS...MCLEAN...RESTON...TYSONS CORNER...VIENNA AND

  WOLF TRAP.



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.



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 3918 7718 3910 7696 3905 7700 3902 7705

      3888 7725 3892 7743



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