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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

130 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 125 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO ONE AND

  ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM EDT.



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

  INCLUDE BOONSBORO...HAGERSTOWN...SHARPSBURG...ANTIETAM...

  KEEDYSVILLE...LEITERSBURG AND WILLIAMSPORT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

STERLING VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 3971 7748 3961 7758 3932 7768 3933 7775

      3940 7773 3943 7780 3950 7777 3950 7784

      3953 7785 3952 7786 3952 7786 3956 7789

      3961 7784 3960 7800 3970 7816 3962 7827

      3966 7835 3966 7835 3968 7831 3972 7833



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