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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

619 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 618 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER WESTERN HOWARD COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 915 PM EDT AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE

  NORTH INTO HOWARD COUNTY FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY.



SOME LOCATIONS LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL INCLUDE

LISBON...POPLAR SPRINGS AND GLENWOOD.



SOME CREEKS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE CREEK CATTAIL CREEK 

AND HAY MEADOW BRANCH.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT.



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 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.



NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM DRAINS AS THEY CAN BECOME

DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3923 7704 3935 7696 3936 7714 3933 7718

      3927 7714



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