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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

545 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM

   EDT...



AT 540 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER SOUTHWEST OF CUMBERLAND TO NEAR KEYSER

WEST VIRGINIA. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF.  



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT HIGH WATER ON ROADS EARLIER AROUND 

WESTERNPORT HAS SUBSIDED A BIT. A FEW BASEMENTS ARE FLOODED IN 

WESTERNPORT AND LONACONING. 



BE ALERT FOR RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DO 

NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS. THE DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE 

TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. 



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

AND FLOODING INCLUDE LONACONING...WESTERNPORT...CRESAPTOWN AND 

RAWLINGS. 



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