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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

427 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 422 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER    

  THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE EVENING.



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

  INCLUDE ARBUTUS...BALTIMORE...CARNEY...CATONSVILLE...

  COCKEYSVILLE...COLUMBIA...ELDERSBURG...ELKRIDGE...ELLICOTT CITY...

  ESSEX...HAMPSTEAD...HAMPTON...LOCHEARN...MANCHESTER...MIDDLE

  RIVER...MILFORD MILL...OAKLAND...OWINGS MILLS...PARKVILLE...PERRY

  HALL...PIKESVILLE...RANDALLSTOWN...REISTERSTOWN...ROSEDALE...

  ROSSVILLE...SYKESVILLE...TANEYTOWN...TOWSON...WESTMINSTER...WHITE

  MARSH...WOODLAWN...TIMONIUM...GAMBER AND KINGSDALE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



TURN AROUND DONT DROWN 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.



LAT...LON 3933 7635 3974 7667 3975 7722 3929 7711

      3914 7685



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