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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

1232 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND



* UNTIL 230 PM EDT



* AT 1225 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL

  FROM NEWARK TO BERLIN TO OCEAN PINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THAT

  AREA OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS...WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVEN FALLEN IN THE

  PAST 3 HOURS. AT LEAST ANOTHER 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.



* 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...OCEAN

  CITY...NEWARK...OCEAN PINES...CAPE ISLE OF WIGHT AND BERLIN.





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