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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

335 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM FOR WICOMICO COUNTY 

AND UNTIL 430 PM FOR WORCESTER COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT 

MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE POWELLVILLE AREA OF EASTERN WICOMICO 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE TWO TO THREE INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL 

RATES CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA. THIS TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE VERY 

SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO 

BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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