THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… EAST CENTRAL ST. MARYS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… SOUTHEASTERN CALVERT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND… * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 439 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 THE AREA BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND DRUM POINT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE CALIFORNIA…PATUXENT RIVER NAS…TOWN CREEK…CHESAPEAKE RANCH ESTATES AND CUCKOLD CREEK. AT 439 PM EDT…STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER APPROACHING ROUTE 4 WITH LOW VISIBILITY AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES… WEST PATUXENT BASIN…MILL CREEK…HILTON RUN…JARBOESVILLE RUN…PINE HILL RUN…SAINT MARYS RIVER…HICKORY LANDING CREEK…HELLEN CREEK AND SAINT JOHN CREEK. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOODWATER USUALLY IS DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE WHEN FLOODED ROADS ARE ENCOUNTERED…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.