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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1136 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND

  INCLUDING OCEAN CITY



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 1132 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY

  RAINFALL OVER NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF WORCESTER COUNTY. THE AREA

  OF RAIN WAS SLOW TO MOVE...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

  AN HOUR OCCURRING.



* 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....



STATE POLICE ARE REPORTING SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED NEAR BERLIN. HIGH

WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED AT OCEAN CITY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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LAT...LON 3823 7546 3813 7533 3824 7492 3846 7508

          3844 7531



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