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WGUS71 KLWX 101220

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VAC069-171-WVC027-031-101415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

813 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS INTO THE 

CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY...



AT 810 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SHENANDOAH VALLEY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES AS 

HIGH AS ONE INCH PER HOUR. SOME AREAS OF HARDY COUNTY HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED 1 INCH OF RAIN. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO REACH BANKFULL. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR 

FLOODING. 



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IF 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





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