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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

728 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN 

FAUQUIER COUNTY...



AT 7:25 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FAUQUIER 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS AMOUNT OF 

WATER CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND WATER TO COLLECT IN 

LOW LYING AREAS. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING 

VISIBILITIES WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SHOULD SLOW DOWN TO AVOID 

HYDROPLANING WHEN PASSING THROUGH ONE OF THESE STORMS. IF WATER 

COVERS THE ROAD NEAR STREAMS...UNDERPASSES OR BRIDGES...DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. IN 

ADDITION...RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS 

AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  



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