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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1036 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FORMING ALONG A

  LINE FROM LEESBURG VIRGINIA TO ABERDEEN MARYLAND. 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 ABERDEEN...BEL AIR...HAVRE DE GRACE AND PERRYMAN.



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 3951 7641 3935 7629 3933 7612 3945 7598

      3971 7623



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