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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
616 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
  WESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   
  TO INDICATE A HEAVY BAND OF RAINFALL MOVING FROM HOWARD INTO       
  WESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN A  
  SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL NOT CREATE NEW FLOODING...BUT MAY  
  WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE CATONSVILLE...COLUMBIA...ELKRIDGE...ELLICOTT CITY...
  LOCHEARN...MILFORD MILL...OWINGS MILLS...PIKESVILLE...
  RANDALLSTOWN...REISTERSTOWN AND WOODLAWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3971 7668 3937 7670 3937 7672 3920 7670
      3918 7674 3914 7678 3917 7689 3951 7687
      3973 7679 3973 7670

$$

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