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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

149 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.



* AT 145 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  LEONARDTOWN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDEN BEACH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURED THIS WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN WESTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN CHAPTICO AND MECHANICSVILLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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