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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

900 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS 

ACROSS THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE LATE THIS EVENING...



AT 856 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS

WITH HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED OVER

DORCHESTER COUNTY...WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATING ONE TO TWO

INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR OCCURRING BETWEEN HURLOCK AND BROOKVIEW.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1030 PM...AND COULD

ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY...SO MOTORISTS ARE 

URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. 



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GINGRICH

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