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MDC021-300445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

751 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1145 PM EST



* AT 748 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY      

  RAIN OVER THE COUNTY. NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY

  HAVE RECEIVED OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN SINCE LATE           

  AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 

  1100 PM. 



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

  RAIN INCLUDE BRADDOCK HEIGHTS...FREDERICK...EMMITSBURG AND        

  THURMONT.



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 3934 7766 3926 7746 3936 7721 3969 7728

      3970 7745



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