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WGUS71 KLWX 292243

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VAC047-300045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

642 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CULPEPER COUNTY UNTIL 

845 PM EDT...



AT 642 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN OVER FAR SOUTHERN CULPEPER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN CULPEPER 

COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF 

TIME. THIS IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH 

FLOODING THROUGH 845 PM.



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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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