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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

652 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CULPEPER COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM...



AT 6:52 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PUSHING EAST FROM THE CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY 

TOWARD CULPEPER COUNTY. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER CULPEPER COUNTY 

BEFORE 8 PM. STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING PRODUCED ONE TO TWO INCHES 

OF RAINFALL...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THIS 

HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED AND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHEN THIS 

NEXT BATCH OF PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 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. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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