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WGUS71 KLWX 012210

FFSLWX

VAC139-020030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

509 PM EST WED JAN 1 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM FOR PAGE COUNTY 

VIRGINIA...



AT 500 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT FLOODING 

CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. ROAD CLOSURES FROM HIGH WATER 

HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR SHENANDOAH AND LURAY. MUCH OF THE RAINFALL 

HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. 

WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS...WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS LESSENING AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. 



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL FLOOD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...POSSIBLY 

WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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