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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
546 PM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland...
  Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 546 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen in the past half hour. The 
  expected rainfall rate is 1.25 to 2 inches in 30 minutes. Flash 
  flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Hurlock, Sharptown, Vienna, Mardela Springs, Galestown, Brookview 
  and Eldorado.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS 
Wakefield Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.

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LAT...LON 3861 7584 3863 7571 3856 7570 3855 7570
      3853 7570 3850 7570 3847 7569 3846 7569
      3844 7572 3843 7575 3843 7579 3844 7584

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.25-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES

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