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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON

1045 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001





...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

UNTIL 800 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING



IN MARYLAND

  HOWARD                           ANNE ARUNDEL

  WASHINGTON                       ST. MARYS

  SOUTHERN BALTIMORE               CHARLES

  HARFORD                          PRINCE GEORGES

  NORTHERN BALTIMORE               CALVERT

  CARROLL                          MONTGOMERY

  ALLEGANY                         FREDERICK



IN VIRGINIA

  CULPEPER                        

  PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK

  MADISON                          STAFFORD

  HIGHLAND                         AUGUSTA

  FAIRFAX                          ROCKINGHAM

  PAGE                             RAPPAHANNOCK

  FREDERICK                        WARREN

  NELSON                           SPOTSYLVANIA

  ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA

  FAUQUIER                         ALBEMARLE

  CLARKE                           GREENE

  KING GEORGE                      SHENANDOAH

  LOUDOUN                          ORANGE



IN WEST VIRGINIA

  GRANT                            HARDY

  MORGAN                           JEFFERSON

  HAMPSHIRE                        PENDLETON

  BERKELEY                         MINERAL



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THE 

REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE 

WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION GENERATING SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA 

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL 

RAINS WITH RAINFALL RATES OVER 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS...CREEKS...DITCHES AND ROADS. 



THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS 

SINCE THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.  



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



PAP

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