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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1245 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR...
  ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
  EASTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
  NORTHWESTERN CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...
  EASTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 1236 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PRINCE GEORGES 
AND CHARLES COUNTY REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING...WITH 
NUMEROUS HIGH WATER RESCUES ONGOING PARTICULARLY IN THE WALDORF AND 
BRANDYWINE AREAS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY 
RAIN   INCLUDE BOWIE...CLINTON...CROFTON...FORT MEADE...GLEN 
BURNIE...GREEN HAVEN...KETTERING...LA PLATA...LARGO...MARLTON...
MILLERSVILLE...MITCHELLVILLE...ODENTON...PASADENA...SEVERN...SEVERNA 
PARK...SOUTH GATE...ST. CHARLES...UPPER MARLBORO...WALDORF...
WOODMORE AND RIVERIA BEACH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...IN 
A BAND FROM LA PLATA AND WALDORF TO UPPER MARLBORO AND BOWIE...TO 
CROFTON AND MILLERSVILLE. WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 
HOUR STILL OCCURRING...ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. STAY OFF THE ROADS UNLESS IT 
IS AN EMERGENCY! 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 3837 7681 3845 7703 3861 7697 3918 7674
      3917 7650

$$

SBK