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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

836 PM EDT FRI JUL 30 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED IN THE GEORGES CREEK BASIN 

SOUTH OF FROSTBURG EARLIER TODAY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH 

AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL AROUND WESTERNPORT AND LUKE. 



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT A FEW BASEMENTS WERE FLOODED IN THE WARNED 

AREA. HOWEVER...NO RIVERS SPILLED OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND NO ROAD 

CLOSURES WERE REQUIRED.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL ENDED ACROSS WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY BY 7PM. A 

STREAM GAGE ON GEORGES CREEK PEAKED JUST ABOVE 7 FEET AROUND THAT 

TIME...BUT IT HAS INDICATED RECEDING WATERS SINCE THEN.



A SECOND AREA OF RAIN WILL CROSS WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY THROUGH 10 

PM. THIS AREA WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER AND LAST FOR A SHORT DURATION. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH. 

SINCE THERE HAS BEEN TWO HOURS FOR THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL TO DRAIN... 

NO FLOOD RELATED PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.

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