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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

NORTHEASTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND...

SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE ST. CHARLES AND WALDORF. FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

POPLAR HILL ROAD NEAR BREACONRIDGE DRIVE...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

ZEKIAH SWAMP RUN...SWANSON CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...MATTAWOMAN CREEK...

PORT TOBACCO RIVER...JORDAN SWAMP...MILL DAM RUN...KERRICK SWAMP RUN...GILBERT SWAMP RUN...SUMMERVILLE CREEK AND BUZZARD ISLAND CREEK.