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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

417 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FREDERICK...MONTGOMERY...CITY OF

FAIRFAX AND FAIRFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...



AT 410 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FREDERICK COUNTY 

REPORTED AROUND 15 SECONDARY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING CONDITIONS 

WITH HIGH WATER IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. ISOLATED HIGH WATER 

PROBLEMS CONTINUE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS WELL WITH HIGH WATER 

KEEPING A FEW SECONDARY ROADS CLOSED. IN FAIRFAX COUNTY 

VIRGINIA...HIGH WATER ALSO CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM WITH SOME 

ROADWAYS COVERED IN WATER WITH SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS. 



AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF FREDERICK 

AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY 

SHOWERS CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF FAIRFAX COUNTY MOVING 

SLOWLY EAST. 



WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HAVE ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN 

PORTIONS OF THE AREA. HIGH WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE AS EVENING 

WEARS ON. 



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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