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MDC017-033-037-180630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1229 AM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY UNTIL 200 

AM EDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHARLES COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM 

EDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ST. MARYS COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM 

EDT...



AT 1229 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER LONGVIEW BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. BUT 

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS SLOWLY PUSHING OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST 

AND HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND. 

HOWEVER...RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RESIDUAL FLOOD PROBLEMS AND ROAD CLOSURES 

WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



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.



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.



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