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VAC079-113-030030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

812 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENE AND MADISON COUNTIES WILL BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM...



RAINFALL ACROSS GREENE AND MADISON COUNTIES HAS DIMINISHED THROUGH 

THE EVENING...AND WILL END BEFORE 9PM. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  THUS...THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 

815 PM.



AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE RUNNING HIGH AND FAST...AND MAY 

CONTINUE TO RISE AS THE AFTERNOONS RAINFALL REACHES THESE WATERWAYS. 

RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND SMALL RIVERS SHOULD 

KEEP AN EYE ON THE WATER LEVEL...AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

NECESSARY. SOME WATER MAY COLLECT IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS AS WELL. 

MOST CREEKS SHOULD STAY AT OR BELOW BANKFULL. ANY HIGH WATER AT THIS 

POINT SHOULD BE MINOR.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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