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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

550 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT WESTMORELAND 

COUNTY...



AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

WESTMORELAND COUNTY. 



WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE 

WEAKENED TO A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH 745 PM EDT...WITH 

THE WORST PROBLEMS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. 



WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATER THIS 

EVENING.



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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