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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

328 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM FOR THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA 

PANHANDLE...ALLEGANY COUNTY IN MARYLAND AND HIGHLAND COUNTY 

VIRGINIA...



SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA 

SINCE YESTERDAY. FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN GRANT COUNTY EARLIER 

TODAY.



MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA 

THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES OVER 

THE REGION. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY 

TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR.



THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE 

TO RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. 



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



ARTHUR

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