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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

500 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FREDERICK COUNTY 

VIRGINIA AND THE CITY OF WINCHESTER THROUGH 715 PM...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF FREDERICK COUNTY VIRGINIA SINCE 2 PM. RADAR 

ESTIMATES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF 

WINCHESTER WERE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES.  



COUNTY OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS 

INCLUDING A PORTION OF ROUTE 50 ARE FLOODED. ROUTE 50 IS DOWN TO 2 

LANES AT ROUTE 600.  ROUTE 600 IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER EAST 

OF ROUTE 50. VALLEY MILL ROAD IS ALSO CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.  NEAR 

GORE...CAMP KOCKENON HAS BEEN EVACUATED BECAUSE BACK CREEK HAS 

OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS. 



DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS FREDERICK COUNTY AND 

THE WINCHESTER AREA...UNLESS TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IT IS 

NOT RECOMMENDED.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH 

THE EVENING. TWO OR MORE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

IN SOME LOCATIONS WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. AREAS 

THAT HAVE ONGOING FLOODING WILL NOT SEE WATER SUBSIDE UNTIL AT LEAST 

LATE THIS EVENING. 



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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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