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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

409 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...



AT 405 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OVER 

NORTH CENTRAL WICOMICO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF DELMAR

...MOVING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.



THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...MELSON AT 415

PM EDT.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE 

TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS HEAVY RAINFALL.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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