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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
941 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
NORTHERN WICOMICO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 345 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
* AT 941 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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, HEBRON, SHARPTOWN, SECRETARY, VIENNA, EAST NEW MARKET,
MARDELA SPRINGS, GALESTOWN, BROOKVIEW, ELDORADO, LINKWOOD,
WETIPQUIN, ROYAL OAK, BIVALVE, CATCHPENNY, GREEN HILL, NANTICOKE
AND ELLIOTT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3829 7610 3868 7593 3869 7576 3866 7574
3865 7572 3846 7569 3846 7565 3829 7576
3827 7591 3836 7586 3834 7591 3827 7594
3828 7598 3831 7602 3834 7596 3837 7601
3831 7606 3828 7603
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
WRAY
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