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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

524 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEGANY AND MINERAL COUNTIES

   UNTIL 730 PM EDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 

HAVE DEPOSITED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF 

MINERAL AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. FLOODED BASEMENTS WERE REPORTED IN 

AND AROUND WESTERNPORT. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF 

THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 630 PM AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 

ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL THROUGH 730 PM EDT.



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.



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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