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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

715 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005



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 1000 PM EST



* AT 710 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER FREDERICK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ANOTHER 

  HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 PM EST.



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

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

  FREDERICK...HAGERSTOWN...MIDDLETOWN...NEW MARKET...WILLIAMSPORT 

  AND WOLFSVILLE.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT FREDERICK AND WASHINGTON 

COUNTIES...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3938 7768 3927 7743 3938 7721 3948 7718

      3956 7731 3970 7734 3970 7793



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