[SMCARA] NWS - Flash Flood Warning Update 8/27/2011 12:51 PM

[Tom Shelton]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND... ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND... 

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT 

* AT 1244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND MORE INTENSE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER RAINBANDS FROM IRENE IS SHOWN ON RADAR TO BE MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE CALIFORNIA...HOLLYWOOD...LEONARDTOWN...LEXINGTON PARK... LUSBY...PATUXENT RIVER NAS...PRINCE FREDERICK.....BRETON BAY... CHESAPEAKE RANCH ESTATES...PLUM POINT...SAINT GEORGE ISLAND... SAINT INIGOES CREEK...SAINT MARYS CITY...POINT LOOKOUT...AND SHERIDAN POINT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. 

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