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VAC043-069-139-171-187-840-101815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

111 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING PAGE...WARREN...SHENANDOAH...CITY 

OF WINCHESTER...CLARKE AND FREDERICK COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...



AT 111 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN SHENDANDOAH VALLEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 PM EDT. 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA...CAUSING 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 



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

INCLUDE BERRYVILLE...FRONT ROYAL...LURAY...MOUNT JACKSON...NEW

MARKET...STANLEY...STEPHENS CITY...STRASBURG...WINCHESTER AND

WOODSTOCK.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT.



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. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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