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WGUS71 KLWX 110541

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VAC171-110730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

140 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHENANDOAH COUNTY UNTIL 

330 AM EDT...



AT 140 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER 

MUCH OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL WILL ONLY CAUSE EXISTING 

FLOODING TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

330 AM EDT.



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

INCLUDE MOUNT JACKSON...STRASBURG AND WOODSTOCK.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. 



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