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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

716 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM 

EDT...



AT 715 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 

CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR THE POTOMAC 

RIVER. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER 1/2 INCH POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 830 PM. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BASEMENT FLOODED IN HANCOCK 

FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 

AND POSSIBLE FLOODING INCLUDE BOONSBORO...HAGERSTOWN...HALFWAY... 

LONG MEADOW AND WILLIAMSPORT.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING HEAVY RAINS.



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