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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1123 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT



* AT 1118 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF BALTIMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  RADAR

  INDICATES THAT UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

  PORTIONS OF BALTIMORE CITY. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE

  THROUGH 430 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE ARBUTUS...BALTIMORE...CARNEY...CATONSVILLE...

  COCKEYSVILLE...HAMPTON...LOCHEARN...MIDDLE RIVER...MILFORD MILL...

  OWINGS MILLS...PARKVILLE...PERRY HALL...PIKESVILLE...

  RANDALLSTOWN...REISTERSTOWN...ROSEDALE...ROSSVILLE...TOWSON...WHITE

  MARSH...WOODLAWN AND TIMONIUM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3935 7685 3922 7671 3928 7661 3934 7639

      3951 7655 3969 7659 3971 7678



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