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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

241 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005



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BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN, PRIMARILY

IN TUCKER AND GARRETT COUNTIES. NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TUCKER.

GARRETT COUNTY SAID SOME TREES HAD FALLEN BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED

GROUND. THIS IS THE FIRST SIGN THAT MUD SLIDES ARE LIKELY AS THE RAIN

CONTINUES OVERNIGHT.



CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND LOW SPOTS, AND FOR

DANGEROUS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. KEEP WATCHING ANY STREAMS

NEAR YOUR LOCATION FOR SUDDEN RISES.



THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH EIGHT AM THIS FRIDAY MORNING FOR

THE COUNTIES OF PRESTON, TUCKER, AND GARRETT.

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