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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

537 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



MDZ021-052300-

DORCHESTER MD-

537 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL..



AT 535 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

DRIFTING NORTHWEST ACROSS EASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST 

STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS BETWEEN BROOKVIEW AND 

HURLOCK. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.    



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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