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WGUS71 KLWX 150008

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VAC179-150100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

806 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STAFFORD COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM...



AT 8:05 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO STAFFORD COUNTY. THIS 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN OVER STAFFORD COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM. STORMS EARLIER 

THIS EVENING PRODUCED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. 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. 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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