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WGUS71 KLWX 170335

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1134 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



MDC033-170445-

PRINCE GEORGES MD-

1134 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN

PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY...



AT 1130 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED ON THE WASHINGTON 

BELTWAY DUE TO FLOODING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE 

WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...FLOODED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLOW TO 

RECEDE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW

CARROLLTON...HYATTSVILLE...GREENBELT...GLENN DALE...COLLEGE PARK...

BOWIE AND BELTSVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



LAT...LON 3897 7699 3888 7687 3886 7675 3897 7671

      3908 7690



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