Flood Warning Until 2:30 AM Thursday For North Central Frederick County

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  North Central Frederick County in north central Maryland...
  Northeastern Washington County in north central Maryland...

* Until 230 AM EDT Thursday.

* At 824 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the
  warned area. Flooding is already occurring. Between 2 and 4 inches
  of rain have fallen. Heavy rains have ended, so this warning
  replaces the flash flood warnings in this area.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Robinwood...                       Smithsburg...
  Paramount-Long Meadow...           Cavetown...
  Leitersburg...                     Sabillasville...
  Fort Ritchie...                    Chewsville...
  Ringgold...                        Cascade...
  Highfield...

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Owens Creek, Friends Creek, Antietam Creek, Little Antietam Creek,
  Grove Creek, Marsh Run and Beaver Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.



By The National Weather Service, Sterling, Va.