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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1159 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

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

* Until 300 AM EDT.

* At 1159 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. 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, Fruitland, Salisbury University, Delmar, Chesapeake 
  Heights, Lakewood, Shad Point and Melson.

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. Do not stay in areas subject to flooding when 
water begins rising.

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 3839 7548 3837 7549 3833 7553 3832 7554
      3830 7554 3830 7558 3830 7565 3831 7567
      3833 7569 3835 7570 3840 7569 3842 7567
      3844 7564 3846 7561 3845 7546 3844 7547

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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