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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

714 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 714 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED ACROSS 

NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...LEAVING BEHIND TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF 

RAIN. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS SUBSIDED...SEVERAL STREETS REMAIN UNDER 

WATER ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



BECKLEYSVILLE...WISEBURG...AND STABLERSVILLE WILL BE AFFECTED BY 

FLOODING THROUGH 8:45 PM.



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 3969 7681 3952 7685 3951 7653 3972 7661



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