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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1230 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 330 AM EST



* AT 1225 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY        

  RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH ALLEGANY COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO  

  TO THREE INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND 

  UP TO ANOTHER QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 AM EST.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT ALLEGANY COUNTY. NUMEROUS 

ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...AND HOUSES IN LOCUST GROVE 

HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. 



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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