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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

706 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 701 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN   

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES   

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM EDT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS        

  OCCURRING FROM DAMASCUS...TO GERMANTOWN AND DAWSONVILLE.



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

  INCLUDE ASPEN HILL...BETHESDA...BOYDS...CHEVY CHASE...COLESVILLE...

  DAMASCUS...FAIRLAND...GAITHERSBURG...GERMANTOWN...HILLANDALE...

  MONTGOMERY VILLAGE...NORTH POTOMAC...OLNEY...POOLESVILLE...

  POTOMAC...ROCKVILLE...TAKOMA PARK AND WHITE OAK.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3934 7719 3927 7714 3923 7704 3914 7697

      3913 7689 3898 7700 3899 7705 3894 7712

      3897 7715 3898 7724 3903 7725 3907 7733

      3907 7744 3912 7752 3916 7752 3923 7745

      3934 7718



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