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VAC069-840-181600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

843 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CITY OF WINCHESTER AND FREDERICK

   COUNTY UNTIL NOON...



AT 843 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CEDAR HILL TO 3 

MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDDLETOWN.



RADAR INDICATES THAT A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH NOON.



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

INCLUDE STEPHENS CITY AND WINCHESTER. SOME BASINS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE 

TO FLOODING INCLUDE CLEARBROOK RUN...LICK RUN...SLATE RUN...REDBUD 

RUN AND ABRAMS CREEK. 



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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