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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

708 PM EDT FRI JUL 30 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM

   EDT...



AT 708 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER ALLEGANY 

COUNTY FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE TO EAST OF FLINTSTONE. HEAVY 

RAIN WILL TAPER OFF COUNTYWIDE BY 815 PM. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WAS 

OVER THE GEORGES CREEK BASIN SOUTH OF FROSTBURG. RADAR ESTIMATES AS 

MUCH AS 4 INCHES AROUND WESTERNPORT AND LUKE. AN OFFICIAL WEATHER 

OBSERVER IN CUMBERLAND REPORTS 1.35 INCHES SINCE THIS MORNING.



A STREAM GAGE ON GEORGES CREEK JUST ABOVE WESTERNPORT WAS READING 

7.1 FEET AT 700 PM. FLOODING BEGINS AT 9 FEET. LEVELS MAY GET CLOSE 

TO FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS EVENING. 



BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ROUTE 36 

CORRIDOR IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. SOME ROADS MAY BE OR 

BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD 

WATERS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO CROSS SAFELY. 



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