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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

154 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 149 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER NORTH ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A HANOVER TO

  FERNDALE LINE...AND ANOTHER 1 INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH

  500 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE BWI AIRPORT...CROFTON...CROWNSVILLE...FORT MEADE...GLEN

  BURNIE...MILLERSVILLE...ODENTON...PAROLE...PASADENA...RIVA...SEVERN

  AND SEVERNA PARK.



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 3907 7679 3897 7666 3891 7654 3917 7654

      3920 7669



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