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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

400 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



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...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN 

SHORE...



AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MARYLAND 

EASTERN SHORE BETWEEN 400 AM AND 500 AM...PRODUCING HEAVY 

DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. THE 

STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WILL TRACK FROM SALISBURY TO OCEAN CITY 

AFTER 415 AM.  



LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE TREES AND POWER LINES...DISRUPTING LOCAL POWER

SUPPLIES. 



RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER 

ON ROADWAYS. MINOR STREET AND INTERSECTION FLOODING AS WELL AS 

FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 



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