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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

300 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001





...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

UNTIL 500 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING



IN MARYLAND

  HOWARD                           ANNE ARUNDEL

  WASHINGTON                       ST. MARYS

  SOUTHERN BALTIMORE               CHARLES

  HARFORD                          PRINCE GEORGES

  NORTHERN BALTIMORE               CALVERT

  CARROLL                          MONTGOMERY

  ALLEGANY                         FREDERICK



IN VIRGINIA

  CULPEPER                        

  PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK

  MADISON                          STAFFORD

  HIGHLAND                         AUGUSTA

  FAIRFAX                          ROCKINGHAM

  PAGE                             RAPPAHANNOCK

  FREDERICK                        WARREN

  NELSON                           SPOTSYLVANIA

  ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA

  FAUQUIER                         ALBEMARLE

  CLARKE                           GREENE

  KING GEORGE                      SHENANDOAH

  LOUDOUN                          ORANGE



IN WEST VIRGINIA

  GRANT                            HARDY

  MORGAN                           JEFFERSON

  HAMPSHIRE                        PENDLETON

  BERKELEY                         MINERAL



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



LOW PRESSURE...THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON...WAS POSITIONED

NEAR THE VIRGINIA CAPES THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST

ALONG THE DELMARVA COAST TONIGHT THEN OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST ON 

SUNDAY.



BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST AHEAD OF A 

COLD FRONT.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR COULD 

RESULT IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS.



THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL END DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS SUNDAY 

MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FROM THE WEST BRINGING DRIER 

AIR INTO THE REGION.



DMW/ND

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