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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1054 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...HOWARD...

   MONTGOMERY...BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM 

EDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PRINCE GEORGES UNTIL 1145 PM 

EDT...



AT 1054 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 1145 PM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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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