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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

405 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR 

PENDLETON AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES...



AT 400 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PENDLETON AND THE WESTERN HALF OF 

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AN AUTOMATED RAIN 

GAGE ON DUNDORE MOUNTAIN IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HAS REPORTED OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAINFALL.... AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 2.00 TO 3.50 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER WESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AND 

THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF PENDLETON COUNTY. 



RAINFALL HAS BEEN QUITE HEAVY OVER THE BASINS FOR THE DRY RIVER... 

BLACK RUN... CAMP RUN AND OTHER LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL MAY CAUSE THESE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO EXCEED THEIR 

BANKS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS IN THIS AREA... 

BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RAPID WATER RISES OCCUR.



COUNTY ROAD 3... PR 87 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 50 ARE IN THE AREA THAT HAS 

RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL... AND FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY 

BECAUSE OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ALONG THESE HIGHWAYS... 

BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO 

CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY  IF YOU SEE WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD... 

SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AROUND THE DANGER.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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