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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

438 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND  

  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES   

  OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 



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

  INCLUDE ABERDEEN...BEL AIR...FALLSTON...HAVRE DE GRACE...

  JARRETTSVILLE...PERRYMAN AND PLEASANT HILLS.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3940 7616 3934 7622 3937 7626 3940 7626

      3938 7627 3933 7625 3932 7630 3936 7633

      3938 7631 3940 7637 3946 7639 3953 7653

      3962 7657 3972 7657 3973 7623 3956 7608

      3950 7611 3948 7606 3945 7605



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