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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

835 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1230 AM EST



* AT 830 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY         

  RAINFALL ACROSS ALLEGANY COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE 

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

  QUARTER TO HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1230 AM EST. 



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT ALLEGANY COUNTY...WITH 

NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 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.



LAT...LON 3949 7905 3948 7896 3967 7878 3959 7867

      3954 7849 3970 7837 3971 7893



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