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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1035 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 1030 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL   

  NEAR NEWARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 

  TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN TOTAL HAD FALLEN IN THAT AREA...WITH 1 TO 2  

  INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...NEWARK...

  OCEAN PINES...BERLIN AND CEDARTOWN.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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LAT...LON 3821 7544 3808 7528 3819 7513 3849 7513



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