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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

942 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 937 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN   OVER BLADENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.  RADAR 

INDICATES THAT ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1245 AM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE ARDMORE...BELTSVILLE...BLADENSBURG...BOWIE...COLLEGE

  PARK...GLENN DALE...GREENBELT...HYATTSVILLE...KETTERING...

  LANDOVER...MITCHELLVILLE AND NEW CARROLLTON.



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 3897 7699 3888 7687 3886 7675 3897 7671

      3908 7690



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