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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

315 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 311 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY      

  RAIN OVER KEMP MILL...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES      

  THAT  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM    

  EDT. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SILVER SPRING.



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

  INCLUDE SILVER SPRING AND WHITE OAK.



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 3901 7703 3900 7699 3908 7695 3909 7703



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