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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

727 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND

  WICOMICO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT



* AT 725 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9   

  MILES NORTH OF SHARPTOWN TO 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIENNA...OR      

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SEAFORD TO 13 MILES WEST OF            

  CRISFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...

    SHARPTOWN...VIENNA...HURLOCK AND BROOKVIEW THROUGH 900 AM EDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER A

ROAD...BRIDGE OR UNDERPASS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NEVER TRY TO

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING

WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3870 7581 3795 7612 3829 7587 3860 7557



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