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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1041 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 145 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...INCLUDING MONTGOMERY AND 

  HOWARD COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

  BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AND AN

  ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE.



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

  INCLUDE BOYDS...COLUMBIA...DAMASCUS...ELLICOTT CITY...

  GAITHERSBURG...GERMANTOWN...MONTGOMERY VILLAGE...NORTH POTOMAC...

  OLNEY...POOLESVILLE AND ROCKVILLE.



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 3916 7749 3908 7744 3903 7726 3922 7671

      3936 7704



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