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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

755 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



....FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT REMAINED 

STATIONARY OVER EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY THIS EVENING HAS 

WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES IN THIS AREA... 

FLOODING CAUSED BY EARLIER DOWNPOURS HAS BEGUN TO SUBSIDE.  



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS SOUTH OF 

FROSTBURG WERE CLOSED BY FLOODING BETWEEN 445 AND 700 PM. SOME 

PROPERTY BETWEEN SHAFT AND MIDLAND WAS ALSO DAMAGED BY RUNOFF THAT 

RUSHED DOWN THE SIDES OF THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE ALLEGANY/GARRETT 

COUNTY BORDER. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL IN THIS AREA IN 3 HOURS AND THAT GEORGES CREEK REACHED 

BANKFULL. A SPOTTER IN FROSTBURG JUST NORTH OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

REPORTED 1.5 INCHES IN TWO HOURS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT LIGHTNING 

STRIKES WITH THESE STORM ALSO CAUSED SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES. 



OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT AS OF 730 PM SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED BY 

FLOODING WERE BEGINNING TO OPEN AND GEORGES CREEK WAS BEGINNING TO 

RECEDE. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THIS 

AREA THROUGH 10 PM BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. 



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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