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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON...CORRECTION PIL

219 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR



  PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA



AT 213 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRONT ROYAL TO 13 MILES EAST OF HARRISONBURG 

...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF PAGE AND 

WARREN COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH 400 AM EDT.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  IDA AT 220 AM EDT.

  PINE GROVE AT 225 AM EDT.

  JOLLETT AT 231 AM EDT.

  



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT 

WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH 

FLOODS.



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