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MDC013-270130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

334 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 332 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

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

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

  ANOTHER TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM EDT.   

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE DEVELOPING      

  NORTH OF WASHINGTON DC...MOVING NORTH TOWARD CARROLL COUNTY.



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

  INCLUDE ELDERSBURG...GAMBER...HAMPSTEAD...MANCHESTER...OAKLAND...

  SYKESVILLE...TANEYTOWN AND WESTMINSTER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3972 7680 3943 7690 3934 7688 3936 7697

      3935 7703 3937 7709 3935 7717 3949 7711

      3953 7716 3957 7718 3960 7729 3964 7731

      3965 7727 3970 7721 3972 7722 3972 7680



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