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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

135 AM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT.



* AT 135 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER    

  LINWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FLOODING WAS REPORTED SOUTH  

  OF WESTMINSTER IN NICODEMUS ROAD BETWEEN ROUTE 97 AND 32. RADAR    

  INDICATES THAT OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE   

  WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM 

  EDT.



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

  INCLUDE COCKEYSVILLE...ELDERSBURG...HAMPSTEAD...MANCHESTER...

  OAKLAND...REISTERSTOWN...TANEYTOWN...WESTMINSTER AND GAMBER.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



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 3963 7724 3950 7711 3933 7716 3948 7659

      3970 7657 3972 7716



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