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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1015 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND

  BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1014 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FORMING ALONG A LINE FROM LEESBURG VIRGINIA TO EASTERN BALTIMORE

  COUNTY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REPEATEDLY MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THIS

  LINE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

  BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN

  BALTIMORE COUNTY ALREADY...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE.



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

  INCLUDE ARBUTUS...BALTIMORE...BOWLEYS QUARTERS...CARNEY...

  CATONSVILLE...COCKEYSVILLE...DUNDALK...ESSEX...HAMPTON...

  KINGSVILLE...LOCHEARN...MIDDLE RIVER...MILFORD MILL...OWINGS

  MILLS...PARKVILLE...PERRY HALL...PIKESVILLE...RANDALLSTOWN...

  ROSEDALE...ROSSVILLE...TIMONIUM...TOWSON...WHITE MARSH AND

  WOODLAWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3939 7689 3924 7676 3923 7668 3923 7632

      3946 7642 3953 7653 3963 7660



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