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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

554 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 552 PM EDT...REPORTS INDICATE THAT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS     

  CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE        

  HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA. RUNOFF FROM THE      

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS 

  THROUGH THIS EVENING.



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

  INCLUDE BALLENGER CREEK...BOONSBORO...BRADDOCK HEIGHTS...

  EMMITSBURG...FREDERICK...HAGERSTOWN...LONG MEADOW...THURMONT...

  WALKERSVILLE...WILLIAMSPORT AND WOLFSVILLE.



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 3937 7776 3926 7745 3940 7730 3972 7728

      3976 7788



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