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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

515 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY...



AT 505PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN LIFTING NORTHWARD OUT OF 

DORCHESTER COUNTY. MEANWHILE...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING IN 

FROM THE SOUTH. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS DORCHESTER COUNTY...NORTH OF U.S. ROUTE 50...THIS AFTERNOON. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADS...AND SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AS DRAINAGE DITCHES OVERFLOW.



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 IF FLOODING THREATENS YOUR AREA.

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LAT...LON 3855 7606 3842 7590 3866 7555 3882 7575

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