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VAC137-150100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

802 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH ORANGE 

COUNTY...



AT 8 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS ORANGE 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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