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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

600 PM EDT FRI JUL 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



* AT 555 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  RADAR 

INDICATES THAT UP TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000  PM EDT. 



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

INCLUDE FROSTBURG...LA VALE...LONACONING AND WESTERNPORT. THE 

GEORGES CREEK BASIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR WESTERNPORT...WILL BE MOST AT 

RISK.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3949 7906 3944 7897 3971 7871 3971 7892



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