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MDC019-251045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

538 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 535 AM EDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN HURLOCK. THE STORMS WERE 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE DEVELOPING 

TO THE WEST...THEN MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED 

HEAVY RAINFALL.  



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

    ELDORADO AND   BROOKVIEW BY 545 AM EDT...

    GALESTOWN BY 555 AM EDT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER A ROAD...BRIDGE OR UNDERPASS...TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3859 7600 3845 7586 3861 7552 3879 7569



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