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WGUS71 KLWX 040146

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MDC043-040330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

943 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 

1130 PM EDT...



AT 943 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN OVER EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...CONTINUING TO MOVE 

EAST AT 20 MPH. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN AND NEAR 

HAGERSTOWN. 



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

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1/2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME 

EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM. 



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

INCLUDE HAGERSTOWN...HALFWAY...LONG MEADOW AND WILLIAMSPORT.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION 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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