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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
856 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
WICOMICO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* AT 856 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. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2
INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 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 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...
SALISBURY, OCEAN CITY, FRUITLAND, PRINCESS ANNE, SALISBURY
UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE, BERLIN,
PARSONSBURG, WEST POCOMOKE, NEWARK, WESTOVER, OCEAN PINES, CAPE
ISLE OF WIGHT, DEAL ISLAND, PITTSVILLE, WILLARDS, LONGRIDGE,
SALISBURY-WICOMICO, LAKEWOOD AND CHESAPEAKE HEIGHTS.
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 X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3819 7594 3823 7582 3823 7590 3826 7592
3831 7590 3839 7570 3844 7565 3845 7503
3830 7507 3821 7541 3814 7550 3807 7568
3807 7588 3809 7587 3815 7579 3815 7592
3811 7594 3814 7596
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
BROWN
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