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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

100 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 1258 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER TAYLORSVILLE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES

  THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER

  THE WARNED AREA AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH

  500 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE ELDERSBURG...GAMBER...MEDFORD...SHILOH...TAYLORSVILLE...

  WESTMINSTER AND WINFIELD.



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.



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 3939 7712 3939 7694 3960 7686 3970 7700



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