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MDC031-VAC059-600-270345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

1044 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...CITY OF FAIRFAX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

AND FAIRFAX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...



AT 1040 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAIN OVER MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND WESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.



RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAYS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND.



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