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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

232 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 430 PM EDT



* AT 228 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BAND 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF WORCESTER COUNTY. OVER THE PAST

  30 MINUTES...THIS BAND HAS BEGUN TO SHIFT EAST...AND WILL LIKELY 

  PASS OVER OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL

  OF RAIN. A WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER OUT OF SOUTH HILL JUST REPORTED

  THAT 14.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS.



* 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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REILLY

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