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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
502 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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SOMERSET MD-
502 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR
  FLOODING IN...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOMERSET COUNTY. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
KINGSTON...WESTOVER...AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COAST BETWEEN CRISFIELD
AND RUMBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND
  AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR
  FLOODING INCLUDE...CRISFIELD...PRINCESS ANNE...UNIVERSITY OF
  MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...DEAL ISLAND...LAWSONIA...MARION STATION
  AND WESTOVER.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE RESULTING
IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...
1...8 0 0...7 3 7...8 6 2 4 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3805 7566 3800 7562 3795 7565 3797 7578
      3790 7589 3800 7596 3799 7590 3806 7582
      3805 7586 3805 7588 3814 7584 3812 7599
      3807 7601 3809 7606 3811 7606 3813 7597
      3818 7596 3828 7577 3828 7562 3809 7554

$$

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