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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

201 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 500 AM EST



* AT 158 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES

  NORTH OF LONG MEADOW...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES

  THAT RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE-HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH 

  THE ADDITIONAL AREA OF RAIN MOVING SOUTH INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY MD. 

  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 AM EST.



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

  INCLUDE BOONSBORO...HAGERSTOWN...LONG MEADOW...WILLIAMSPORT...

  WARRENTON...HANCOCK AND PECKTONVILLE.



COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY ON 

COUNTY AND RURAL ROADS ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL EXPECTED WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS AND MAY 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF 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 3986 7745 4000 7790 3963 7840 3970 7813

      3964 7804 3961 7782 3952 7784 3933 7770



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