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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1104 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 1100 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3   

  TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.     

  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 245 AM EDT.     

  EMERGENCY OFFICALS REPORT THAT SWIFT WATER RESCUES AND ROAD        

  CLOSURES CONTINUE ACROSS HOWARD COUNTY.



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

  INCLUDE COLUMBIA...ELKRIDGE AND ELLICOTT CITY.



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 3911 7683 3922 7671 3931 7691 3936 7713

      3927 7712



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