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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1155 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALLEGANY...HARDY...HAMPSHIRE...   

MINERAL...MORGAN AND GRANT COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...



HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE AREA...HOWEVER REPORTS 

ARE BEING RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT BASEMENTS 

ARE FLOODING IN ALLEGANY COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CUMBERLAND.



ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 

HOUR...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS 

AFTERNOON.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE CUMBERLAND...FROSTBURG...LA VALE...LONACONING...BERKELEY

SPGS...FORT ASHBY...KEYSER...MOOREFIELD...PETERSBURG...RIDGELEY...

ROMNEY AND MATHIAS.



BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FLOODING SITUATION WHICH WILL MAY ARISE 

THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN TO SEEK THE SAFETY OF HIGHER GROUND WHEN 

FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



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ROGOWSKI

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