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MDC043-WVC003-037-300245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

651 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND

  BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA



* UNTIL 945 PM EST



* AT 648 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN   

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

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM EST.



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

  INCLUDE BRIDGEPORT...CHARLTON...CLEAR SPRING...CONOCOCHEAGUE...

  DOWNSVILLE...ST JAMES...FOUR LOCKS...HAGERSTOWN...MCCOYS...

  ROXBURY...SHARPSBURG...WILLIAMSPORT...BERKELEY...CHARLES TOWN...

  FALLING WATERS...GOOSE NEST...HEDGESVILLE...INWOOD...

  KEARNEYSVILLE...MARTINSBURG...MARTINSBURG AIRPORT...MIDDLEWAY...

  RIPPON AND SHEPHERDSTOWN.



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 3942 7816 3917 7785 3967 7762 3969 7796



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