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WGUS71 KLWX 150019

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VAC177-630-150115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

817 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH 

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG...



AT 8:20 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND THE 

CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG. 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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